Beach Night

6-6-12

Wahoo! These waves are so much fun! I paddled out into the water on the sled that Grace and Lilah brought and tried to catch a wave. I didn’t. The sleds are too floppy to catch a good wave. I wish I brought my boogie board!

The water at the beach that evening was warm. We arrived at the beach at around five thirty to meet our friends Grace, Lilah, Marlin, Evren and Kaya. After we played in the water for a fair bit we went back to the parents to have dinner and a snack. It was yummy.

Once our chicken and bars were devoured, Grace, Marlin and I headed out again. We wanted to go to the same spot we were before (because there was no seaweed there and Grace loathed seaweed), but we couldn’t find it.  During our search, a lady asked if we could watch her daughter swim for a bit (because she didn’t bring her suit) and we said yes. Marlin took over that job and we asked her if it was okay for us to go and swim and she said yes.

Grace and I got into the water and by that time the waves were getting bigger and even more fun! Lilah came to join us and when all of us were playing, I put my foot down and I heard a Crunch! Something pinched my foot! It hurt! I paddled back to shore to look at my foot and couldn’t see anything so I got back into the water and Lilah asked me if I wanted to paddle out far with her and I said sure. We were out pretty far when Grace and Marlin yelled at us, “Hey Guys!” They yelled, “The parents said we weren’t allowed to go farther out than our belly-buttons!” “Our Belly Buttons!” I yelled back in shock. By now we were already over our heads! They nodded. I wanted to go negotiate with the parents because that was a ridiculous rule!

Running back to the parents, we negotiated with them to alter their rule. They agreed to let us go farther than our belly buttons. We said yes and decided to go back into the water. Grace and I tried to duck dive with the sleds like surfers and it was really fun!

Before long we came out and all of us decided to play a big game of Frisbee and go on the swings. Grace and I amused ourselves by running by the swingers without getting hit and we were lucky that we didn’t even though it was enjoyable!

 After a giant game of Frisbee, Grace, Lilah and I went back into the water to play and it was the best! The water was the warmest and the waves were the biggest and it was so much fun! Soon the parents gave us the two-minute warning and then the “time to go”. We walked back to our cars and said bye! By that time the sky was getting darker and on the way home there was a big storm! I really enjoyed the waves at the beach!