Day Two

NICA: Day 2

We were in the water by 6:00AM at Playa Colorado. We surfed 30 minutes by ourselves in perfect head high surf. After the session, we cooked eggs/chorizo burritos with toast and orange juice that tasted like tang. After breakfast, we surfed again at low tide and took turns taking some photos. The waves were barreling and really fast. We have learned that with the quick and drastic tidal changes, along with the changing sand bottom, the waves can turn epic for 20 minutes and then turn off just as fast.

For lunch we made peanut butter and jelly and peanut butter and banana sandwiches. I made a triple layer sandwich with 3 pieces of bread.

In the afternoon, we decided to walk to the far north point and see the other beach properties. The north point is called Punta perros. The tide was still low and the rocks were exposed and very slippery. There were many tidal pools and lots of sea life crawling and swimming around. The point is a surfable right but it wasn't big enough to breaking. On the walk it started to rain, typical afternoon thunder shower.

The last surf session was in the afternoon on high tide. The waves were slow and there was a good shore break going. I took one wave all the way to the shore break and tried to pull out at the very end and still ended up slamming on the sand pretty hard. Larry went and got his fins and went bodysurfing in the shore break. I met a couple taking pictures everyday. Alexis, from Brazil, and her husband showed me some my pictures from the first day. The pictures were decent, but expensive. I told them I might be interested at the end of two week if I didn't get good pictures with my camera. It is hard to convince surfers to take turns taking photos when the waves are really good. Most of our pictures are in afternoon sessions when the waves are not as good.

Dinner was amazing. Our new friend Zach brought his wife by and they cooked lobster, fish, rice, and beans. It was so good. Another big group, Larry, and I enjoyed the delicious food. There was tons of food and everyone enjoyed the night with Tona and Flor de Cana. The local dogs were hanging around and begging for scraps.