DAYS 29-31 PURA VIDA

daily insight:

it never pays to compare yourself to others. in any circumstance. sure you can look to others for inspiration. but when you compare you are not living your truth. you have no idea what someone else's journey looks like from minute to minute and day to day. their journey is unique and so is yours. let it be that way and live your truth, no one else's.

the play by play:

day 29

i still cannot believe we have been here 29 days. it has felt like a long time away and in some ways feels longer than a month trip. but as anything comes to an end, it is always hard to believe it is here. probably because there was so much anticipation and hype long before the trip began that you now begin to say goodbye to all of that. today was another day full of surf. swell is up today and tellef is super excited since good swell has been few and far between. i caught some great shots of him. i took a leap today and tried a shorter board out in the water. what a different world. was super challenged and realized i am not quite there yet. i am really enjoying catching waves on the larger board and when it's time i will switch it up but not just yet. needless to say that morning was a learning session not a super fun one and i wanted my surfing fun. so, that evening tellef took me out and he stayed on shore while i had a super fun sunset surf session. the pointe was alive with people onshore watching the surf, fisherman fishing, and a yaht dropping surfers off for surf. all amongst the most gorgeous sunset. i made a friend out in the water, a man from Columbia, he had a really friendly vibe and it is always nice to share the ocean with someone like that. tellef caught some really great footage, pics above and video here : denise hangs 10

tonight was definitely one of the top surf sessions of the trip.

day 30

it's yoga morning!!! i am definitely going to miss pavones yoga center. today is my last class there and with teacher chelsea very. she is amazing, her sequencing today was really fun and challenging. learned a pose i have never done before, love when that happens. i really enjoy the pace at which she moves the class and how she can guide you into a deep state of concentration and relaxation. feeling great on my walk back down through town and to the pointe. i watched tellef catch some large waves and then suited up myself for some surfing. i walked down to the cove where the waves aren't so large. didn't time it so well when i paddled out and got caught in a set having to bail my board a couple times. once i was out i was content to sit and wait and wait i did. lots of peeps in the water and hard to get a wave. they were coming in slow today but as soon as the crowd thinned out i caught some really fun little rides and thoroughly enjoyed myself. that afternoon we went for a walk and the rain started coming down hard. tellef and i got spooked when lightning struck pretty close to us so we started running home through the puddles in our slippery sandals. if you can imagine it was probably a hilarious sight to see. after being drenched and pretty tired after an active day and no nap, bedtime came at an all time early – 7:45pm. pretty sure the last time i went to bed at that hour I was 5 years old. Hahaha

day 31

not much adventure today. lots of veggin' out and resting. the big outing was going to the market for our last bit of groceries before we leave pavones early sunday morning. i realized that i have not driven a vehicle in the last 31 days! that is some kind of record. definitely had my driving detox and will be ready to hit the highways of LA with a refreshed mind and body. tomorrow is our last full day and we intend on filling it up with lots of time in the water riding the waves. not sure where our last stop will be on our way back to san jose. pretty sure it will be a last minute landing spot since the last two days of the journey will be filled with traveling back home. hope to have one more blog entry after this to top it all off.  until next time...

hasta luego