Not just another day at the beach!

We finally have sunshine! We took advantage of it by heading to a different beach about a 15 minute drive away with our new friend, another Chris, and the boys. We had to walk through a small river just to get there. Pretty neat to see my little River walking through a little river. I know, that was pretty dumb, but couldn't help myself! Anyways, we walked for a good five minutes until we got to the spot the two Chris' wanted to paddle out. This was the same beach we stayed at two years ago when our love affair with this beautiful country began. The other Chris failed to mention that they paddled out where they did because there's a rip that takes you right out. Ryder started playing in the water down to the right and like a good mommy, or so I thought, I told him to move right in front of me. Hence, putting my waif-like five year right in the middle of this riptide and the waves were 6 to 8 feet if he had gotten swept all the way out! Luckily, he just started screaming. At first I thought they were yells of joy, but quickly realized they were NOT. My first thought was to save my precious cargo, but I had a HUGE dilemma: River, my two year old that can't swim who follows me everywhere, was also on the beach and there was not one other sole there. (This isn't exactly a happenin' touron hang out.) All I could do was scream myself and finally took a look at both boys and had to think fast. Luckily, for once in River's life he stayed up by the dunes and I was able to rescue my white Ethiopian-look-a-like son (yes, we feed him!) just as a local construction worker who was working on a house nearby ran into the water to help. Phew!!! Otherwise, it was a wonderful beach trip (besides River almost getting swept out to sea, but that's a whole other episode!) Once the Chris I call mine was done surfing, he took Ryder down the beach to surf and the little guy stood up once! I never understood how kids can forget so quickly that they almost got pummeled by the same ocean they are now surfing in!

The next part of the adventure involves our new car getting stuck on a muddy back road. Our savior came in the form of a Land Rover with a tow rope within minutes. We were wondering if this guy just sits and waits for idiots like us to pull out. We ended our day with a wonderful meal watching a beautiful sunset on our back patio that our AMAZING cook made! Buenos Noches!