a late afternoon picnic

we had some great weather yesterday - a good thing for Nicole and Karen. apparently the water was forecasted to be warmer than the air.

with the nice weather, we decided to take a late afternoon excursion with nicole and karen over to the encuentro area. we packed up a cooler with some beverages and brought some snacks. we went to a spot that is in front of the hideaway beach resort. the view here is really great - you can see the palm tree lined coast, the crashing waves, and some surfers.

usually there are never many people out there. turns out though that we ran into a C21 colleague, spencer, who was out enjoying the late afternoon with new his (grown) dog. he's from england and moved here in the summer with his wife and daughter. he joined us for a bit and told us some tales about being in the English army stationed in various places in the world during his 22 years of service.

the ocean is a bit rough along here except for this particular spot where there is a small bay suitable for swimming. so, it's nice to hang out here, take in the view of the virgin coastline, and take a swim. we got there at about 4:15, so we had about 2 hours of sunlight out there.

here are some pictures from our afternoon.