Beach Day #2

Today started with a little sleeping in! After that Sarah and I cleaned up the condo a bit before enjoying breakfast of peanut butter and jelly toast.  Then we headed to the beach! Thom went for a jog on the beach while the rest of us floated and swam around.  Around 12:30 we decided to rent a paddleboard so Thom and I headed to a local rental place. We decided to rent a paddleboard and kayak.  Just as we were getting it back to the condo we got caught in a HUGE thunderstorm.  Our fun was held off for about 2 hours while it rained.

Once the rain stopped, Chris, Thom and I went back to the beach to try the paddleboard and kayak. It was a blast. Apparently it wasn't completely done raining when we headed back to the beach because it started to rain again when we got back on the water. Luckily there was no lightning so we stayed on the water (close to the beach).  I cannot even put into words how beautiful and fun it was.  The water was so warm, the sky was beautiful, and the clouds were big. The paddleboard wasn't nearly as hard as I thought it was going to be.  The kayak was fun to take around also.

We had to head back to the condo because we had dinner reservations at 5:15 at the Salt Rock Grill. They have a great deal where if you are seated by 5:30 you get a special (less expensive) menu and drink specials.  We got an appetizer of calamari and shrimp. The calamari had a spicy sauce; it was delicious! For dinner I ordered a shrimp pasta with asperagus and Thom got fish (mahi mahi) and chips.  Mine was good, his wasn't as great. His mahi mahi was in very tiny pieces. It was more chips than fish.  Dinner was then finished off with an apple cobbler with vanilla bean ice cream.  A

fter dinner we went to the fishing pier quickly for a photo opt while we were somewhat dressed up. Claude (the herron from last night) joined us!

Thom was very anxious to get back to the beach for more paddleboarding and kayaking.  It was perfect timing. The sun was just going down so we paddled and kayaked into the sunset. It was breathtaking.

After the beach we went to the pool for a quick dip before coming back upstairs to play casino (some card game they know-I packed instead) and Cards Against Humanity.

Tomorrow I leave to head home. I have my master's degree orientation at UNI on Friday so I have to fly back early.  Hopefully Thom and I will get up early to do some more paddleboarding. I'll let you know!