Merry Christmas!

Yes, I'm a little late posting this. Especially, it being after my New Year's Resolution post. But for posterity's sake it had to be done sometime before 2010 hits.

This is our family Christmas photo for 2009. Taken in front of our ONLY Christmas decoration.

A picture of Jesus.

We hope everyone had a GREAT Christmas.
We spent our Christmas Eve celebrating with new friends. Learning very special traditions, and singing all our favorite carols in Spanish.
Thank you Galbreiths!

Christmas Day we were supposed to go surfing but the weather was COLD and CLOUDY.
I think that is how we will bring in the NEW YEAR instead. Bring on the waves baby!

Oh, and our gifts to each other....BOOGIE BOARDS!

Hero-flex...a resolution

So we went to our favorite place for dinner last night on the marina. Baja Cantina.

We met our friends there that Spencer went fishing with yesterday (they caught 9 MahiMahi).

As we are sitting there laughing and talking there is a HUGE commotion behind me. I turn around and see a bar stool from the restaurant next to ours being tossed into a guys face. And guys chasing another guy and beating him down. My natural reaction to such circumstances is, I'm sorry to say, FREEZE! I become completely frozen. I HATE IT! Well, as soon as I realize what is going on, I also realize that Spencer is nowhere to be seen. Apparently his natural reaction is to jump in and help, or at least find out what happened and then help.

Apparently, some American walked up to another American having dinner, and said, "I think I should punch you in the face." And then proceeded to do so. The guy who got hit..his friend picked up the barstool to throw at the guy doing the hitting. Spencer immediately jumped up to go find out what was happening and help if need be. (crazy).

This is what I have labeled as the 'hero-flex'. The film-producing Dutch man who took out the terrorist on that flight last week has it. Spencer has it. Many friends of mine have it. Marie Edgar Bleak...YES YOU HAVE IT! A natural reflex in the face of trauma or disaster to act IMMEDIATELY. I am very pissed that I don't have it. I just freeze and look like a deer in headlights. It is very frustrating.
And that is going to be my New Year's resolution. To work out my hero-flex. No matter what happens, I am going to jump up and do SOMETHING.
It may just be yelling or jumping up and down on one leg clucking like a chicken for now...but I just hate sitting there and being useless.

A change in weather

We had our first day here yesterday of pouring down rain, and coldness; lots of coldness.

Which I have to say, I was grateful for. There was no need to run to the beach for ANYTHING, or to the marina or anywhere!

We stayed inside all day, I got to throw on sweats and I read an entire book. While eating Costco pizza.
It was a GREAT day.

This is the book I read...AWESOME!

A Job? What's that?

I am constantly bombarded with the question...

So, what do you DO?
(accompanied with a glare that really says, "if you say, play volleyball all day every day I hate you)

Truth is...I have been yearning, nay pining, nay pleading to be guided toward something I can enjoy and be good at, whilst Spencer is working. I have felt so "lazy" and kind of pointless lately. I have no kids YET, so really, I need to be "anxiously engaged in a good cause".

My prayers were definitely answered.

Pueblo Bonito MonteCristo (resort that my family is apart of) has NO ONE renting out their villas for their owners. It is really up to the owners to get that done themselves. Which really separates them from being time-shares. It is actually a fractional ownership.

If you go through a regular rental company to do that, the company charges AT LEAST 50-60% of the rental price. That is ridiculous.

That is where I come in. I have started my own website/business and my fees are LOW! 15%!

AND...I meet personally with clients' renters at the concierge and guide them through what they may not understand...(the ever-so-common-language-barrier) which adds a lovely personal touch.

For now, I am focusing only on the MonteCristo Estate Villas, since I am so familiar with them, and I already have clients.

There are NO pictures anywhere on the internet of the NEW PHASE 2 MonteCristo Estates...
UNTIL NOW!

I was able to get special access to the villa and take my own photos. And I have created a lovely video, which I humbly say...I am quite proud of.

So...yes...I DO DO SOMETHING!

AND I LOVE IT!

In case someone IS interested in spending a wonderful vacation in this MOST BEAUTIFUL villa...we do have the 3rd week in February still available. Normally, they rent out at about $4,000/night. However, due to the economic downturn...the owner's are willing to rent this out at $350/night. They are just trying to cover their maintenance fees at this point.

In the Top 5 of "Best Days Ever"

It actually started off sadly...with saying goodbye to my parents at 5:15 am. But it was all uphill from there.

Pueblo Bonito hosted a beach volleyball tournament today at the Blanco resort. There were 20 entrees. We played teams of 4, co-ed. When we arrived I was actually kind of nervous when I got a look at our competition. I was figuring it was going to be the same people I play with/against over at Sunset beach...(which would have been an ace in the hole). Alas, such was not the case.

It was AWESOME!

Some of these guys playing could easily be playing in the AVP tour in the states.

So, I was hoping for at most 2nd place.

It was pretty easy getting to the final championship game...(the 3rd match I served the ball 14 times)

But then we were up against the pros...But I am so proud of my team!!!

Me, Spencer, Miguel, and Jose...pulled it out of somewhere and won 1st place!!!

We won Pueblo Bonito t-shirts and FREE DRINK COUPONS!
It was close too! Final score...21-19. phew.

our competition really was fierce.

Highlight from final: I'm middle front...Kieran (6'6 guy on the other side) goes up to spike and Miguel (on my side) goes up to block, so I am right there waiting for a tip...instead of tipping the ball Kieran turns his shoulder and slams the ball right off of my forehead. He hit it is so hard and fast that I had ZERO time to react...AND he annihilated my sinus infection. i dropped straight to the ground. it was awesome.

But the awesome day doesn't end there. No, no, no. I have had many days of playing awesome volleyball, and have won more t-shirts than you could possibly imagine.

After volleyball we hung around the resort a bit and played with our WONDERFUL friends in the pool there. Miguel's family is AMAZING! His little boy just melts my heart. I love having wonderful friends here!

So, then Spencer and I went to dinner at the marina at Senor Sweets, and had the most delicious pizza I have EVER had. seriously...that is saying something. It was bbq chicken pizza with cilantro. AMAZING!

But it doesn't stop there....

Then we went to what is now ranking in my top 10 of favorite movies....AVATAR! (in the VIP theater with lazy boy recliners)
if you haven't seen this movie yet...go now.

Great volleyball+ winning great volleyball +great friends+great beach+great food + great movie+ great date with my man= IN THE TOP 5 OF BEST DAYS EVER!

Deep Sea Fishing

There are only 2 fish in the world that my dad hasn't caught. A sailfish and a marlin. So, seeing as how he is here now, and there are marlin all across our shorelines...we had an exciting day at sea!


This picture was taken on the boat at approx. 6:30 am. Which means that I awoke at 5 am. I have to log that, b/c I don't think I will ever wake up that early again...

This wasn't our boat..it was the boat next to us, but this is what our boat looked like. It's next to impossible to take a picture of a boat that you are on.


I caught the first fish....a Dorado. Which, at first, I was like...a Dorado? Who cares...I've never heard of that... but then I was politely informed, that a Dorado is a MAHI MAHI! WOO HOO! Boy, did I get excited! This picture makes it look ALOT easier than it is...especially when you are left handed using a right handed reel.




The wind was HORRENDOUS! Weather Underground had lied to us. We had to take Bonine (anti-seasickness pills) that morning...and after the excitement of the first catch...we all PASSED OUT IN THE CABIN! I would have liked to have gotten a picture of that, unfortunately, I too was unconscious.

After a mighty fine nap...Daddy was blessed with his...(drum roll please)

100 lb. MARLIN

Dad released it...He doesn't want to kill things that he won't eat (WHAT A GUY!). And it is better ecologically that Mr. Marlin grow up a little more and produce some marlinettes.

Next up...Spencer



yes, his was bigger than mine.

Another awesome part of the day were the dolphins swimming along side of us!!
After 8 hours of fishing and traversing rough waters...we hooked but lost 2 marlin, and 2 dorado, and one MASSIVE Bulldorado! bummer. But we each caught one...and we were happy!

On the way in, these pelicans were BEGGING for our bait...they got so close to us I could have touched them!

So the following night...thanks to our dear friend Ed, our favorite Italiano restaurante, Salvatore's, made a meal of our wonderful Mahi Mahi.
As their spiritual bodies have now strengthened the armies of heaven, their physical bodies have now strengthened the army of Bradford.

sidebar: i slept 13 hours that night. never taking Bonine again.

Happy Thanksgiving

WE HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME TONIGHT!

First of all let me say...I LOVE living in here!

We've been here for just over one month now, and for that first month I wasn't quite sure if I was settled with living here indefinitely.
Well, last night we went to the marina with Ed (Spencer's business buddy)...we saw the movie 2012, and then to dinner and THE BEST DESSERT PLACE EVER, Senor Sweets. We get a table outside on the patio right next to some boats in the harbor, then Spencer and Ed get up to go look at what gelato flavors they had. So, I was sitting by myself for about 6 minutes. In those 6 minutes, I realized that I truly love living here. Life here is so unassuming and simple. It's beautiful, rustic, and culturally different from what I am accustomed to...so it has me on my toes at all times, and wherever I go....which is exciting to me.

Anyway, Ed got a bunch of us reservations at the funnest restaurant/bar/grille tonight for Thanksgiving. We were there for about 4 hours eating a turkey dinner, watching football games, laughing, and watching our good friend Steve get up with a mic and bust out Mustang Sally accompanied by an incredible jazz pianist. Great food, AWESOME entertainment, and even though we couldn't be with family on this wonderful holiday...we still felt the love amongst great friends.
I am so thankful to be here, and to be blessed with wonderful people all around.

AnnaMarie's Top 10...

Thankful List

10. Pogo.com. Tons and tons of games and I get rewards for winning. Which is all the time.

9. UPS. For shipping Isagenix to Cabo San Lucas....when no one else will. Even if it does cost $100 to ship one box.

8. Our local movie theater. For having Lazy Boy recliners, and costing only $5.

7. Costco. Whenever I miss the United States, I go to Costco, and the world seems right again.

6. Movies. I LOVE movies. The quotes, the lights, the camera, and the action.

5. Our Condo. It is beautiful, open, has a great view, and most important...I feel safe.

4. My Health. Without which I couldn't play volleyball everyday all day long. Volleyball has been like therapy here. If I feel like I am getting stressed out or just freaking out...I play volleyball and it all just feels better. Plus...I want to avoid the hospitals here like the plague.

3. Church. I couldn't understand a word of it. But I still felt love and the Spirit, and like I was home again.

2. My families. So supportive, and fun, and funny, and competitive, and awesome!

1. Spencer! he's hot.

Reunion

Last night I was reunited with some dear friends that I haven't seen since high school.

Kevin was one of my best friends and Bree was a fellow athlete; crazy they wound up together 10 years later.

It was sooooooo good to see them! Laughter...lots and lots of laughter.

Withdrawals

For the first time in 3 1/2 years I am without Isagenix.

I feel sluggish, tired, lazy, and chubby.

I honestly don't know how I survived day to day before I had Isagenix. I don't know how PEOPLE survive daily without all that good stuff coursing throughout their veins.


There is light ahead though. Isagenix will be opening in Mexico sometime in 2010. Hallelujah. Until then we are paying our friends $90+ to ship us our stuff. I should be back on the stuff starting next week, if UPS is serious about getting it here in 5 days.

But seriously, if you aren't on or haven't tried Isagenix, please do so! A few months ago my mom was worried about her blood work that came back from her doctor regarding her blood pressure and other things. Well, we ordered her a 9 day cleanse from Isagenix, and she has been using the product ever since...well, she went back to her doctor and ALL OF HER NUMBERS were right in the middle of the normal category! And now her doctor and her doctor's daughter are going to try it.

It's not just about losing weight. It's about being healthy and cleansed. The excema on my arms has been gone for 3 1/2 years...my face hasn't broken out AT ALL in 3 1/2 years. Some other problems, which I won't mention to the whole world have been gone for 3 1/2 years.
And that's not even mentioning the 50+ LB's, I have kept off that entire time.

What a blessing Isagenix has been in our lives.

This is how we roll in Cabo

If you had told me Friday morning, when I woke up, that I would be watching New Moon that night I would have laughed in your face then smacked you for teasing me.
Alas, I have the coolest man ever! he and our friends Ed and Sue surprised me. I was falsely informed that New Moon wouldn't be coming here until like next April. SO DEPRESSED WAS I!
But such was not the case.
It opened here on the 20th!! When I found out my surprise(in my very sneaky ways) I was squealing like a little girl with pigtails.
And best of all...check out the seats in our movie theater here...

LAZY BOY RECLINERS!

It gets even better than that...tickets here are only $5!

Again I ask....whose coming to visit?

I thought the movie was awesome by the way! Leagues better than Twilight. It's kind of funny, the books and movies hold the exact opposite attractions for me. In the books I am all about Team Edward and Twilight was my fave book. In the movies, I am all over Team Jacob and Twilight sucked. Honestly, everyone looked so much better in New Moon EXCEPT for Edward. Beef up the pecks, shave the little dark bush of chest hair (vomit), and stand up straight...don't slouch. AND PUT HIM IN A LEATHER JACKET! Not 1980's Bugle Boy.

La Siesta

One of the things I love about Cabo is also one of the things I don't love about Cabo.

La Siesta.

You know when you call the cable guy, or the plumber, or the air conditioning man, or the pest control man, and they give you a day and time of their arrival. Like Thursday between 2 and 4. And they are usually on time if not a little behind.

Well, when we went to the Telmex store to set up a time for the internet guy to come and hook it up for us...this is the response we received...

"He'll be there between 1 and 10 days."

Excuse me. What are we supposed to do? Wait around?

EXACTLY!

Mexico traffic tickets

It's possible that my blog may just serve as a warning to others

So, we took a client out to dinner at Salvatore's the first Friday night we were here. It was a Friday night...the streets were crowded and over parked. ESPECIALLY the street that Salvatore's is on. We luckily found an empty spot right at the end of the street in front of a jewelry store. So we go have a DELICIOUS dinner, and upon the return to our car we find a ticket on our windshield. Due to the ever increasing knowledge of the Spanish language, I come to read that we were indeed parked on a red curb. The sidewalks are so dusty and the paint so old...there was no telling what color it was. But there was no fee on the ticket, no date of court appearance, nothing. We thought maybe it was just a warning...YEAH RIGHT. a warning...pshaw. They don't do warnings here. We take our client back to her resort, and then we head over to Ed's condo (where we were staying while our condo was getting ready) to pick some things up. As we head back to our car to go home...I notice something incredibly important missing from our car...

the license plate.

they don't play any games here. So I had myself a little bit of a freak out. But luckily, our friend Steve was home (lives next door to Ed), and he has lived in Mexico for 20 years, and he had himself a little chuckle at our expense, and told us we had to go to the JAIL to get it back; after paying a reasonable fee. When then proceed home. Well, in the parking lot to our condos there are 5 cars...all owned by gringos (white people)..and we couldn't help but realize what none of them had on their cars...

their license plates.

yes, we got our plate back..it cost $205 pesos...which is about $17. I did NOT go to the jail with Spencer...all i can tell you is this..

he wasn't in a good mood when he came home

WE MADE IT!!

And what a journey it was!

36 hours of driving...

I haven't driven since...

and I don't plan on it anytime soon.

We got here about 2 weeks ago, but have not had access to a good area of internet service...so all I managed were some facebook status updates.

But here we go with some fun pictures and more detail!

Leaving Crescent City, CA I made sure I had compiled some good tunage to blast in the car since I am not a car talker. (poor Spencer) Some Prince, U2, Footloose, George Michael, the Pina Colada song, Otis Redding, Sarah Brightman, only to name a few. And we were set!

We did about 8 hours down the gorgeous Cali coast until we stopped at my Grandma Anne's in San Jose to stay the night. I love my Grandma! This woman is 97 years old, and everywhere she goes people assume she is in her young 70's. She doesn't miss a beat, this lady. She had Spencer and I laughing so hard. We love her!

The next morning we were up and going at about 10 am after more visiting time with Grandma; we hated that our visit with her was so short. She really is fantastic.

We got to L.A at about 4pm to see our fantastic friends L and T Earl. I had forgotten to bring in the camera, and considering it was a tiny hike from our car to their apartment, I wasn't going back to get it. It was so great to see them and their beautiful children. They only had 1 the last time we saw them, and now they have 3 of them. Good ones too!
We were planning on staying the night at their place but after traversing L.A traffic we decided we had better try to get as far south as possible that night. So we headed back out on the road at about 8 pm and got to Chula Vista (the last city before the border) at about 11.

I woke up the next morning....scared. I had been so excited for months before about getting down here, but once it was right in front of me; I wanted to chunder.

The border in one word: INSANE!

We made it unscathed and unchecked~phew.

Drove straight through Tijuana, and Ensenada. We didn't even stop until we needed gas which was about 5 hours into Mexico. No idea where we were, but there was a PEMEX gas station. A really really nice one! Right in the middle of nowhere.

*NOTE TO PEOPLE DRIVING INTO MEXICO*~ Bring your own toilet paper.

That's all I have to say about that.

We drove 14 hours that first day into Mexico. We made it all the way past the border of Baja California and into BCS (Baja California Sur). We stayed the night in Lareto. I've got to be honest...I was having a pretty rough day that first day. I can't tell you how many times I had the thought "What the crap are you doing?" Driving thru Baja Cali, there is nothing. Tijuana, and Ensanada...but other than that...bleakness. Land of D.e.s.o.l.a.t.i.o.n. Not to mention about a dozen military checkpoints with armed militia carrying huge rifles wanting to dig through all your personal belongings. I didn't even want to take any pictures...as I wanted to expunge it from my mind.

BUT THE NEXT MORNING WAS GREAT!
As we left Lareto we came upon the AMAZING site of the Sea of Cortez



GARGEOUS!

We weren't far from Cabo at this point, and when we made it to Constitucion, we decided to stop for lunch. Constitucion is only 30 minutes from the Pacific side where Magdelena Bay is and where the resort that Spencer is working with is being built. Constitucion is such a beautiful little city too! They are a major farming community and keep there city very clean and orderly. This is where I wouldn't mind living once the resort is finished!

We ate at a DELICIOUS little restaurant called El Taste. (I chuckled)

Oh, and you know how when you drive pretty much anywhere in the U.S that has trees you have to keep a sharp eye out for deer. Well, here you have to keep a very sharp eye as well b/c if you smack one of these you will NOT be the winner.



The only place where cows may be considered a predator.

They were EVERYWHERE! I almost annihilated us and 3 cows the previous night! No sense of boundaries.

This is what the highway looked like sometimes


So we had driven thousands of miles and numerous hours over potholes and in these sand dunes, swerving to miss cattle, and circling huge mountains, in our little tiny Lexus, and had no injury whatsoever to the car...then we get 10 minutes outside of Cabo. The truck in front of us spewed off a metal plate; we run over, and it punctures a hole in our exhaust pipe. Now, our nice Lexus sounds like it belongs in The Fast and the Furious and looks like it needs a spoiler. 10 minutes left!! Well, I guess we should just be grateful it wasn't worse...but honestly...10 minutes left out of 36 hours. Isn't that a Murphy's Law somewhere?

Awww...but we made it!

Love those Pacific sunsets.

The hurricane that blasted the shores the previous week had created this cliff of sand on the beach. At least 20 feet high.
Behind this beach cliff is Terrasol. Condos we were staying in while finding a place to live and waiting for it to be ready.

And now we are in, and can't wait to have visitors!!

To tempt you....here it is...


our back patio and my fabulous tan.
You can't see it in the picture,but that is the Sea of Cortez and the famous arch behind the palm trees

There...that's better.

That is our room

And here is your room
Two Full size beds


This place was a STEAL! Normally these 1300 sq ft condos rent for about $1300/month. But thanks to a dwindling economy...we got these for $800!

PLEEEEEEEEASE COME VISIT!! Or even if you are stopping here on a cruise ship....LET US KNOW!

Before we leave

I thought I would record what our last activities were before heading to Mexico...which will probably be next week. WOOHOO!

I made a new friend...

We upgraded from the Lexus(not)
and
We thought we located the shooting spot for Goonies
but we were wrong.

AND I AM SO EXCITED FOR MY NEPHEW, DARDARION, TO ARRIVE!!

Any day now JZ is going to pop!

Update

I haven't blogged for awhile, and really that is just because the same things go through my mind everyday that I really don't care to remember in the future, such as;

-when is our furniture going to sell so we can get our house up for rent
-why won't our agent rent our house out furnished
-do we really have to sell our wonderful life-altering couches for so cheap
-wow..they finally sold
-why hasn't our house sold yet, I don't want to have to rent it out
-October is a few days away and we still haven't sold or rented our house
-I could be in Cabo San Lucas next week if it wasn't for our house
-Why did we decide to buy a house again?

You get the idea.

So yes...we could be in Cabo next week, living on a beach, but instead we have to sweat out our house selling or renting out to possible psychos that could destroy the place.

That's the update.

Random Funness

Okay, I'm over my depressing increase of age. We've been having some fun!

First of all, my parents have an incredible garden here, and I have learned so much. In another life I'm guessing I was raised on a small Tuscan farm harvesting vidalia onions, roma tomatoes, and grapes, in the midst of tall beautiful happy sunflowers.

Isn't she beautiful...she is at least 13 ft tall

These were all harvested by yours truly.
Growing your own vegetables...wow, I never thought veggies could taste so good.

So before tennis yesterday morning, the deer stopped by for a visit. And this momma and baby have gotten so use to us, they just do their thing while we do ours. I'm determined to have them eating out of my hand before we leave here next month. Right now, they just stare at me, with a very curious look in their eye.

What was really cool, was when we came back from tennis about 3 hours later...they were still there, laying underneath the apple tree relaxing. So we all ate lunch outside with them. It was so sweet.

As for my birthday dinner...we went to Bella Italiano in Brookings, OR. Holy crap...best Italian food in the U.S. It ranks right up there with Salvatore's in Mexico. I got to wear my birthday present...an adorable crochet trimmed flutter sleeved top from Victoria's Secret. You can't see it in this picture, but it is awesome. Thanks Spencer!!

Turning 29

is depressing.

And I don't want to hear from anyone out there older than 29 saying...'WHAT? YOU'RE STILL SO YOUNG!' Of course I am...to you. But be honest, you know you have gotten to some birthdays where you feel like you are crossing over lines and borders of when you consider yourself at a young or old age. Well, I think 29 is mine. Technically, I'm already 30 years old....You don't turn 1 the day you enter this world. You turn 1 after you have already been here 12 whole months. So, yeah, I might has well be 30. And I just still remember being a 5 year old who when she would ask how old someone was and there was a number 3 or more as the first digit in a double digit number, I immediately tuned them out and just referred to them as old. grrrrr.......

But thanks be to my loving family and friends who left me numerous happy birthday wishes and cards. Love you all. However, only chocolate fudge ice cream, blueberry muffins, and chicken divan can spin me out of this turning 29 depression.
Bring on the food

Kayaking

My mom, Spencer, and I went kayaking down the Smith River. F.U.N.

Our good family friend Mick used to rent out these kayaks and about 10 years ago my mom and I did this same trip + a lot more miles than what we did yesterday. But we had so much fun 10 years ago, I really wanted to take Spencer down it. BUT Mick stopped renting them out....well, lucky for us he is a super duper nice guy and loves, loves, loves my dad, so he let us take them for free. I didn't quite know how we were going to fit all of this in one vehicle plus all of us....so luckily with 3 cars and the Beast suburban we made it work.

We put in right past the Forks at the boat ramp

Here's mom paddling away...I think she did the best out of all of us. She was the only who didn't crash, fall, or get whacked in the head with a paddle. (You'll see)

Here I am showcasing my kayak and paddle;
eat your hearts out Barker Beauties

I love this picture mostly because of the background. The scenery was SPECTACULAR! The mountains, trees, rocks, AND the water was crystal clear, and so refreshing....as Spencer let us know when he fell in.

This house is my Uncle Joe's almost finished house. Yes, it is as awesome as it looks.

If you enlarge this picture you can see how clear the water is....just so beautiful.

After about 3 hours we came to this beautiful green lagoon. It was crazy how shimmery green and clear the water was. Majestic was the word we came up with to perfectly describe this place.

This picture below reminds me of the movie "Legend".

This is my mom traversing the final rapid.

In total we had to go over about 8 sets of rapids. Most of them were pretty shallow, but fast. And when it is shallow and fast, rocks toss you out of your kayak. (that's the problem with inflatables) Well, actually that only happened to one of us. (spence)
I hadn't thought to video record any rapids until a little birdie whispered into my ear that maybe I should this one. muahahahahaha..

But the funniest part was the most shallow rapid which was close to the end...Spencer went first then got stuck...I was coming up to his left then I quickly got stuck...then here comes my mom in between us....she gets picked up by a huge rock, and on her way down, whacks me in the head with her paddle. Oh if only someone had been video taping that from the shore.

Then at the end of the trail, Spencer again, fell out of his kayak...yes, again, and the kayak started floating downstream..YIKES. Luckily, heaven was on our side, and a guy snorkeling at our stopping place had grabbed it.

And we're spent.