Yesterday was a wonderful day in Costa Rica. I went down to C&C Surf Shop and took a lesson on a long board. My instructor, Samurio, was great and had me standing up in no time.

It’s really amazing how different surfing is once I have some instruction. When I lived in Costa Rica in 2004 my good friend, Joann, and I spent almost every weekend surfing. She is a natural athlete and has always been much better than me. She tried to show me the ropes, but it never really took as well as with one on one instruction.

So now I am super excited to get to surf everyday here in Samara. Jim has a surf lesson today and hopefully he’ll get the hang of it pretty easy so that I have a partner to go with me.