For a month prior to coming on this trip I randomly cut all drinks, except water, out of my diet. I wanted to see what effect it had on my body and to stabilize my system before so much fruit!
The interesting part of my experiment was that for almost 2 months I pretty much eliminated my migraines. Quite shocking because I have horrible ones that can get as high as 20 something a month. I had become a bit dependent on soda and sweet tea and was trying to cut some calories.
The night before at dinner I ordered a mixed drink, with coke in it. I hadn't had a soda in close to 6 weeks. This morning I woke up with a migraine. I believe I have found another piece to my migraine puzzle....It didn't make me feel any better in the moment though.
Josh tried to keep the kids sane fur as long as possible so I could sleep. When I felt human we got up and headed over to Samara Organics for breakfast. We still had 45 minutes until we needed to be at the zip line office.
25 minutes later.... Our omelette, breakfast platter and granola/yogurt emerged. Although we literally had to throw the food down our hatches, the omelette was divine with all the fresh vegetables and eggs and yogurt was tasty. Best breakfast we have had in Samara. Just slow.
We drove over to the Wing Nuts office which was luckily right on the outskirts of town. We got there on time. We signed out lives away and got harassed up. I briefly questioned what we were thinking bringing our kids to do this as they strung them up to the beams and said "ok now flip upside down. It will be just like that in the trees." My son wasn't having any flipping. We loaded up a van with a grown family of three and were up the hill got a few minutes.
Holy Mosquitos. The other family was talking about how there weren't any bugs here in Samara. Are these people crazy? My legs now looked like I had gone through a few rounds of chicken pox.
I was happy to hear the kids would not be breaking themselves. I wasn't thrilled about the hand/glove break system for myself. Six years ago I badly burned my arm on a cable and still have the scar. As we ascended the first platform I was really having second thoughts on this. My son can't even listen when I tell him not to stick his fingers in the moving fan blades. How is he going to listen to these directions? Don't worry. Josh had double GoPros set up to record the majority of the events. He with one and my daughter with the other.
For the most part it was fine. My daughter turned upside down and giggled through the trees the entire time when they told her to. My favorite parts were private yl when they hooked the kids together and sent them down a slow line together. They loved that. Or when Josh dropped his hand break and completely flung the staff member at the end into a tree. Can't wait to see that video! But seriously some if the views of the sea were incredible. We stopped and had snacks as a group high up on one platform. Very cool. And they were very safe. I think the only outfitter in the country taking anybody that can fit in a harness. Kids loved it.
Afterwards it was lunchtime but everyone was full from snacks. We headed back for naps to refuel for the beach. I took advantage of the quiet time to visit a few of the boutiques. The Fabric Boutique is definitely my favorite shop in town. Cute bohemian beach clothes, jewelry. I got a cute scarf for Ro, some jewelry and a new coverup. Score. I tried to get them to sell me this torn fabric covered dream catcher but was told it was display. I thought I could convince them but no. They did invite me to the town's World Ocean Day celebration on Sunday. Sounded cool. Too bad we are leaving.
When the kids got up we headed back to find Pablo. We noticed he was already packing his trailer so we told him we would surf tomorrow. He asked if we had checked out that beach. We told him we had and asked if he had any clue about the police car and everyone else. Yes. Yes he did. He forgot to tell us that TWO PEOPLE HAD DIED OVER THERE. Lovely. He thinks they fell on the rocks and they have still only found one body. See that white boat over there? That's the search boat for the other body. Oh good. Glad we used common sense and didn't climb down anywhere. Oh Pablo.
We did our "normal" beach then pool routine before getting ready for dinner. Tonight we decided to hit up Lo Q Hay. We noticed them building a bonfire earlier in the day. That indeed seemed to be where the crowd was. A party was happening at 8:30. WAY past our bed time but some other families had the same idea as us and had come early too. While we waited for the kids' pizza and our tacos, the bonfire was lit and every kid on the beach swarmed. I'm not sure that was the safest reaction. Our son quickly made friends with a group of girls and spent a while chasing hermit crabs with them. What a life.
I thought the tacos were the most foodie thing I had had in Samara.
Another busy day and everyone was out quickly.
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