oh the salty sea

happy monday peaches! what a GLORIOUS weekend it was here at the city birds nest! thursday tom kidnapped me and drove me to san francisco and bought me a wetsuit!!! another thing to check off my 2012 list and then took me out to dinner for pizza and beer, it was pretty fantastic. we ended the night early because...........

we woke up at 5:00AM to go surfing the next day! waaaaaay too early for my liking but the early bird always catches the good waves  or something like that :) we drove down to santa cruz which is about a 2 hour drive. we drove along the coast which is a super beautiful drive. it was pitch black and super foggy but by the time we reached santa cruz the fog had peeled back and the sun was shining.

a flock of seagulls, hehe. we had no idea why there were sooo many flying about. we were pretty lucky that none of them shat on us!

the spot that we typically surf at is called cowells which has a look out which we stopped to have a look at the waves. the water was spotted with a few surfers and A OTTER!!! you could tell he was a otter because of the way he was swimming, i couldn't get a great picture of him because he was so far away but you can see of glimpse of him, isn't he the cutest!

tom and i parked at the local surf shop and waited for it to open. we didn't want to use the board i just got as it needs some repairs and we didn't want to damage it further so i had to rent a board. the way of the surfer is to dress in the parking lot with a towel around you. you get used to it after a while....and now the moment you have all been waiting for....ME IN MY NEW WET SUIT! sexy huh? haha, im sure more then you ever wanted to see of my body :)

we had to walk a bit to get to the beach and the board i was renting was very big so it made it really hard to carry. carrying it on my head was the easiest way to get down to the beach.

the paddle out to the waves is far out, so my arms instantly turned to noodles. the waves were very small and lazy so it was a lot of work to catch one BUT i did however catch one! it was the greatest feeling EVER! i don't even know how to really describe it. i only wish tom had gotten a picture of it so i can look at it forever but he was trying to catch the same wave but failed, hehe.

it was soo exhilarating which gave me tons of energy to keep trying.  that was the only one i caught but so god damn worth it!! i was smiling for the entire rest of the day.

it can be really scary at first to surf, being out there all alone, in the deep cold water, seals playing about and waves coming towards you. you just have to remember that it is just water and nothing else. that wave gave me the confidence to keep coming back for more. but the fog set in, and the tide grew higher so the sets were coming less frequent or dying as you were trying to catch them. so we headed back in and did a bit of bodysurfing on the beach, i was super excited that the above picture came out! just look at that face, priceless.

 we dried off, ate some left-over pizza we brought and cruised around a bit. we drove over to another local break, called pleasure point. the waves were great there and maybe next time will hit up that spot.

nothing like the perfect day and sharing some waves with the one you love <3 until next time!

xo,
cb