Hard to tell from
this distance but that man is holding a feral
baby goat.
Sarah, bless her, approached him
and soon the three of us were talking.
Then his eight year old daughter
swam up and asked if I wanted to jump
off some rocks. How could I say
no? She scrambled up a steep face that
I managed no problem but which I
wouldn't have thought to climb myself.
Then she wore me out playing
follow the leader--front flips, cannonballs,
back dives, riding the smooth rock
waterfall slide. It reminded me of how
we used to play when I was a child. Then she had to go and
I was ready for
a rest but a local
teenager I know asked if I'd gone
swimming in the ocean
here yet. Actually, I hadn't,
because it's not easy. The currents and break
aren't so bad, but getting in and
out is tricky because the shoreline consists of
shifting round rocks perfectly
calibrated to crush fingers and toes. It was
great!
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