Last Thursday, we set out into the mighty Atlantic Ocean for what we thought would be a relaxing little jaunt. Splish splashing around- everything seemed quite jolly. We even practiced our surfing. All of a sudden, we realized we were much further from the sand than we thought.
Hugo, our life saver.
"Älisa, we're out really far!"
The waves became bigger and bigger and every time we came up for air, another one crashed into our faces. From a distance, we heard Hugo, our surfing instructor, shout.
"Girlssssss! Come back, it's dangerous!"
We tried to swim toward shore but the waves kept beating us down. The harder we swam the more it felt like we were drifting to sea.
Suddenly a rope was thrown toward Alisa. She used all her might to grab on to it.
"Tessa, grab the rope!"
It seemed as if she would never reach it. It seemed as if she was not even trying.
Finally, she grabbed hold and Hugo pulled us safely ashore, delivering mouth to mouth resuscitation as he paddled inward. (Just kidding....did we fool any of you?)
Never had we been so close to death, and it might have been the end had not Hugo saved our lives.
Hence, Life Lesson #1: Humans cannot control nature (unless you're Hugo).
Hugo, our life saver.
3 comments:
didn't emory tell you not to swim in the ocean?!?!
glad hugo was there. central/south american men seem to have gene that helps them rescue american girls from drowning...
Hi Tessa ~ your dad shared your blog address with me - hope you don't mind. Every where you've been is just beautiful - especially Hugo - too bad I'm old enough to be his mother :( Anyway, take care and I'll follow your adventure. Brenda (your dad's AA)
Whoa everyone you girls have encountered are so nice & gorgeous!!! Glad you are staying safe & have fun & bring smiles to everyones faces!!! love you the mostest........bmom oxox
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