Aloha!The family went to Hawaii for a late summer vacation! It was a lot of fun - all but my near death experience....
The older boys and grandma were having surf lessons, and I felt that Diego was feeling left out on the beach. So I paid $20 to go out for a 1 hour sail boat ride. The "skipper" told me to stay on the front of the boat, where Diego would have more....fun.
So we set off on our adventure, at first Diego was having a great time, looking through the netting to see the shallow waters.
Things got progressively worse once we hit the "dark water" as Diego said. We started hitting large waves, bouncing around. Diego declared that he wanted to go back to the beach, stating he did not like the "grumpy waves" - neither did I!!!If you have ever watched the movie The Perfect Storm - that is what Diego and I went through --- don't let the sunny picture of Diego on the net fool you - those waves were deadly.
So we were sitting on netting - bouncing around, I was holding on to Diego, trying to calm him down while trying to stay calm myself, and my failed attempt to keep my camera and Julio's iPhone dry (can't leave valuables on the beach).
At the end of the ordeal - I got this nasty, painful, gruesome injury - rope burn. I propped my elbow on the rope to try and gain stability while saving my young son and the electronics.
I will post more pictures as my mom sends me what is on her camera - as for my camera, I posted its last picture, of Diego innocently sitting on a boat, minutes away from near death....RIP my dear camera, it was a great 9 months that we had.
