We survived waterskiing without sunburns, but not without sore muscles. Seems it has been quite a long time since we were pulled behind a boat. Watching the folks at the school waterskiing barefoot and backwards this morning definitely puts the humble in your already humble sports ego.
The good side is hot weather, great scenery (looks like a lake here, even though it is salt water), great smells (pine trees, jasmine in bloom) and a light wind (nothing like the southern islands with the strong summer gales)… and the down side is flies, mosquitoes, and loads of wasps and hornets. We were chasing around spare mosquitoes in our room with a towel last night to see if that would help the nights sleep. Alas, the swatting didn’t help, a few of the bastards were still buzzing us all night long.
Today is a holiday, family gathering style. I suppose this is the equivalent of Labor Day weekend, but with a religous bent: Feast of the Ascension. Lots of families everywhere. Complete with a handful of dogs. One of our favorites has been a basset hound that has a mellow disposition and seems to show up everywhere. It really is amazing that she doesn’t step on her ears.
We are doing better here than New York it seems, since we just saw the power outage news on the CNN World News on the patio here.
Getting ready to head back through Athens to Santa Cruz and prep for Burning Man. Wow, summer is almost over… how the hell did that happen?! We are sooo looking forward to an American style shower and burning these overworn clothes… and food, Mexican food to be exact.
