The kids had Spring Break last week- March 30 to April 3, so we took them to Sayulita. Sayulita is a little ex-pat surf village in Nayarit Mexico- about 40 miles north of Puerto Vallarta. We went there last year with friends and spent a lot of our time saying how much the kids would love it- so we took them on their first international vacation there. It was amazing! It was Easter holy week, which was an experience. The town was filled with vacationers from Mexico, and the beaches were packed. We had some great days sitting on the both the incredibly busy main beach and the much less crowded Muertos beach. It was a lot of great food, beer, swimming, snorkeling, and sitting on the beach. And more pain.
See, I decided I was feeling much better and thought it would be a great idea to go surfing. I've talked about my love of all things surf. Sam and I went to a recommended surf school- Tigre (http://www.tigresurfschool.com/about-us.html) and signed up for an hour lesson- an incredible deal at only $1000 pesos! (less than $100 for both of us, which included 20 minutes of on land instruction, about 45 minutes in the water with our instructor, Phillipe, and an additional hour time with the boards) In the initial land lesson, I realized it could be a mistake beause popping up caused me dull pain. I ignored it and we headed to the water.
Sam picked it up right away. He was up immediately and was riding wave after wave to the beach. I managed to ride a few waves, but the pain in my leg kept getting worse and worse, and in a few wipeouts I think I may have done more damage, when my right leg would hit the ocean bottom while my left leg continued to the beach on the board. I'm pretty badly bruised and have an appointment to see a sports doctor to see how bad it is. I'll probably miss the next couple of games. Regardless- it was brilliant and I can't wait to do it again!
Oh, and to be a bit of a jerk- I sent this to the boys, when I told them I'd be missing the game.
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