lost at sea, bobbing.

search and rescue debriefing with a little swimming thrown in for fun: tuesday around noon claudia and i swam on the fly, hooking up with marta and steve and ralph to swim at the shores. despite some big surf we all made it out but i was totally seperated from the pod. i suppose i may have drifted south, way, way south, in the caves almost. no, i was caught in a big set and when i made it past the surfline, i could not see anyone. i looked high and low and by high i mean i was propelling myself up and out like a pogo stick, i'm sure the the guards thought i was crazy. i enlisted a kayaker who could not see them either so i bobbed. and bobbed, and bobbed. i figured that i had a very good chance that they'd come looking for me as claudia was in the mix. she's a serious partner, if you're with her, you're with her and that's that. steve thought i left to go find RUTH! and cftc since they were on the other side, ralph and marta thought i bailed the surf to go lay on the sand but no, i was bobbing in the sea and the sun like a cork. i finally saw the guards cruising the beach with my crew right behind and then they were in the water, like a special forces team coming to get me! i continued to bob and watch this amazing crew rip right the still whomping surf, no diving under, no waiting, just straight through. that was way cool. we all celebrated and swam on. 61/62 by my watch, sun sun sun and light currents, no genuine viz but it felt good. upon our exit we saw a dolphin frenzy! it was a very good day to swim and i love my partners, from the past, the present and future, every single one. also, if you need pointers on bobbing for self entertainment i'll be conducting classes for free. sign up now.

and now, this:

lftc-out