We woke the morning unsure of the weather, we´d had rain all night and the clouds were threatening in the morning. We left our chale and walked south with some cookies, our beach towels and a few liters of water. We knew that there was an isolated beach on the southern tip of the island, but the trail was 9 km one way and we weren´t sure if we could make it.
The beach was abandoned today. We saw 100s of shells, sand dollars at least 8 inches in diameter, crabs hiding in holes in the sand, birds of all shapes and occupations. Nothing headless. Our trail left a village south of our pousada and went straight up a large ridge plunging from a mountain into the ocean. We´d already done the first few km of the trail a few days ago, so we knew what to expect. There were sweeping views of the island, we could see the beach we were staying on sweep to the north. As we entered new territory we experienced a hike that alternated between windswept ridges and wind-protected rain forests. The windswept ridges had small bushes and cactus straight out of Arizona and enormous views of the ocean and the island. The wind-protected sides of the ridge were filled with groves of 50 foot tall bamboo, forests of banana trees and pineapple bushes with iridescent blue butterflies the size of Wisconsin bats. In both places, we could hear the sound of the Atlantic crashing against the cliffs below us. We turned around at a rocky point on the southern end of the island. We did not make it to the beach, but the site of waves smashing the cliffs as we ate our cookies was reward enough.
Quiz time!
True or false: OIivia bought some surfer shorts yesterday and plans on becoming a surfer chick upon moving to Cali.
Multiple choice: The sound made by the bird (or bug, not sure were to place this thing in the Animal Kingdom) outside our window at 4AM is most like:
A. A chainsaw
B. Frank Sinatra
C. An electric toothbrush
D. An alarm clock
Optional essay question: In 250 words or less, please describe the location of the extra strap on a Chaco sandal and mechanism of tightening the sandal. Please cite references were appropriate, extra points will be awarded for gratuitous use of Brazilian vocab words.
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Os sandals do desempenho de Chaco caracterizam uma cinta contínua que as passagens com footbed como encircles seu pé. Para um ajuste confortável, manter bastante frouxidão em cada segmento do webbing para introduzir um dedo entre webbing e seu pé, e dois dedos entre curvatura e seu pé. Do “os sandals desempenho podem ser re-webbed e re-soled”, mas que é o divertimento naquele? Como pode você começar as cores as mais atrasadas?
Cool! Butterflies the size of bats. Thanks for the descriptions of the hike.
well, I've never studied Brazilian or Portuguese in school so I won't even try to match mom. But I would assume nay expect that Olivia would become a surfer chic even before you make your residence in the Golden State, however, once in the Pacific Ocean the surfer shorts will of course be covered by a much warmer wet suit.
as for the alarm clock in question: at 4 am everything sounds like a chain saw!
Now your turn: Which great American symbol did we see 5 of fly by yesterday as we hiked along the Uncompaghre River?
I hope the bird/bug sounds like Frank...I would sing along...fly me to the moon! I am going to live through you and your chill life, sleeping 12 hours (how it should be). I must say, Liv - you would be a hot surfer chick..meow!
Sounds like the two of you are enjoying your megamoon. I can’t wait to see all the pictures especially the beaches. Hope you guys have good tans.
Whoa, Fran is awesome!! I would not even try for the extra credit!! I say true for the purchase of the surfer shorts by Liv but false to becoming a surfer chick in CA!! I agree with Ed, the critter waking you at 4:00 AM probably sounds like a chain saw!! Your hike sounded awesome. Thanks for the great narration. Love, Mama Sy
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