Where's the ocean gone? Sorry, I swallowed it

Me and my surf board about to venture into the waves!


Today I learned how to surf. I wasn't amazing but I got up onto my knees on the board. I really must try it again and stand all the way up! I was on my way to becoming a surfing master before one fall caused me to swallow about half the Atlantic Ocean so I had to take a break. I let the campers use the board again and sadly we ran out of time for me to give it another go. So no amazing surfing photos yet but here's one of me pre-surfing lesson. I'm hoping to go out again before I leave the east coast so maybe by the end of the summer I'll get a good picture of me standing on a surf board! In any case, it was a fun day. It was unbelievably hot (dare I say...wicked hot?!) so the freezing cold ocean felt good, as did the ice cream we got afterward. Mmmm.

Also, I forgot to mention before that while I was in Boulder last weekend I got to go see my photos on display in the Boulder Public Library! That's right, my photos on display!! First time ever that I can recall having my photos up somewhere public. Their summer reading program for kids has a theme involving "water" so two of my photos from Semester at Sea - one of surf boards in Hawaii and another of the view from my port hole on the ship - were used! Maybe this is just the beginning of my photos being publicly displayed...?! :-)
Me and my photos at the Boulder Public Library

Oh, and P.S., congratulations to California on overturning proposition 8 today! Let's hear it for equality! Wooooo!