Weekend Update
by Zia ~ October 26th, 2005. Filed under: Travel.It was Steve’s birthday on Monday, which means that last week was his “birthday week” and last weekend was his “birthday weekend.” Essentially what this means is that I’m supposed to do whatever his little heart desires.
His little heart desired a surfing/camping weekend. So we packed up the gear and the dog and went to Short Sands to camp. It was wet and cold, but we still had a great time. Among other things, a helicopter came in to rescue two people stranded on the side of a cliff at high tide. It was very exciting. Oh yeah, and two crazy young guys threw off all their clothes and went running into the surf. There was a family sitting next to us — a couple our age and a set of parents — and the very well-dressed, well-preserved mother had her binoculars trained on them as they emerged from the ocean naked as jaybirds. She was riveted.
His Royal Furriness spent most of the time (when he wasn’t being attacked by sneaker waves) trolling up and down the beach for people who would exclaim how cute he was and pet him. As usual, he succeeded.