The morning started off weirdly. While Chucho's and my limbs were still intertwined in a (mostly) platonic embrace, I heard something bashing into the front door. I peered out into the darkness and there was a feathery mass seemingly melted into the ground. I figured the feral cats had claimed another victim (last week, a baby possum had been placed near our front door Don Corleone style).
I opened the door and couldn't tell if it was a hawk or an owl, but figured an owl due to it having been out at night. It lifelessly looked at me with its eyes shining from the porch light, its head still the whole time.
The screen door through my only exit out of the condo would swing out within a couple feet of it. I prayed for it to be dead or gone in the next ten minutes so I could surf without fear of being clawed.
While putting on sunscreen I heard a bustling outside. I peered out again and it was now about six feet away from the front door and sitting as though it was warming eggs. It seemed more alert and more out of its concussed daze.
It was time for me to go, as I'd made plans to paddle out at sunrise with a guy I hadn't seen in close to twenty years. I'd seen on Facebook that he liked one of the tour operators here and messaged him and sure enough he was coming down.
The clock was ticking so, board in hand, I jarred open the screen door. It loudly rubbed on the ground. The owl came to, looked at me and let out a scared shriek. It took off flying, showing off a massive wingspan, and bumped its head along the 3rd floor hallway ceiling. It started coming toward me so I shut the screen door. It then turned right and out into the night.
There are quite a few feral cats in the development and I hadn't yet been able to pet one. Today, one came up to meowing loudly and I got some nice pets in. I wanted more and she did too but I had to go. She meowed at me as I walked away, then hurried in front of me and put herself in my way. I fought my urges and walked around her as my heart shuddered while she meowed her disappointment.
I saw Josh through his window at the beachfront house in which he's holed up for the next few days. He came out, gave me a bro hug, then grabbed his gear. We surveyed the conditions, "It's empty!" was my take on the situation; it was almost completely flat. I waxed on about how once the tide came up the surf would follow as we walked to Panga Drops. We did see a sick wave reeling off. Josh's eyes probed into its cylindrical void, lusting for the low pressure it had created in its abyss.
We flipped a bitch and paddled out at Playa Idaho, where we'd seen the barreling beauty.
Josh caught a couple that closed out almost immediately. It took me a while to catch any closeouts of my own.
The two highlights were:
I caught a small left I got a pump on, then pulled into. I barely got covered up, then saw what fate awaited me. I doggy-doored it but got guillotined on the way out and down I went.
Josh told me "Yeah Eddie" as a right came. I styley'd into it in my pigdog stance. It threw over me pretty hard and I watched helplessly as it continued to do so yards upon yards in front of me. As the wave and I became one, I focused on keeping my board away from me and THUNK! My head hit the bottom and I came up smartin' somewhat.
This was a session over two hours in length, my longest since possibly 2011.
I opened the door and couldn't tell if it was a hawk or an owl, but figured an owl due to it having been out at night. It lifelessly looked at me with its eyes shining from the porch light, its head still the whole time.
The screen door through my only exit out of the condo would swing out within a couple feet of it. I prayed for it to be dead or gone in the next ten minutes so I could surf without fear of being clawed.
While putting on sunscreen I heard a bustling outside. I peered out again and it was now about six feet away from the front door and sitting as though it was warming eggs. It seemed more alert and more out of its concussed daze.
It was time for me to go, as I'd made plans to paddle out at sunrise with a guy I hadn't seen in close to twenty years. I'd seen on Facebook that he liked one of the tour operators here and messaged him and sure enough he was coming down.
The clock was ticking so, board in hand, I jarred open the screen door. It loudly rubbed on the ground. The owl came to, looked at me and let out a scared shriek. It took off flying, showing off a massive wingspan, and bumped its head along the 3rd floor hallway ceiling. It started coming toward me so I shut the screen door. It then turned right and out into the night.
There are quite a few feral cats in the development and I hadn't yet been able to pet one. Today, one came up to meowing loudly and I got some nice pets in. I wanted more and she did too but I had to go. She meowed at me as I walked away, then hurried in front of me and put herself in my way. I fought my urges and walked around her as my heart shuddered while she meowed her disappointment.
I saw Josh through his window at the beachfront house in which he's holed up for the next few days. He came out, gave me a bro hug, then grabbed his gear. We surveyed the conditions, "It's empty!" was my take on the situation; it was almost completely flat. I waxed on about how once the tide came up the surf would follow as we walked to Panga Drops. We did see a sick wave reeling off. Josh's eyes probed into its cylindrical void, lusting for the low pressure it had created in its abyss.
We flipped a bitch and paddled out at Playa Idaho, where we'd seen the barreling beauty.
Josh caught a couple that closed out almost immediately. It took me a while to catch any closeouts of my own.
The two highlights were:
I caught a small left I got a pump on, then pulled into. I barely got covered up, then saw what fate awaited me. I doggy-doored it but got guillotined on the way out and down I went.
Josh told me "Yeah Eddie" as a right came. I styley'd into it in my pigdog stance. It threw over me pretty hard and I watched helplessly as it continued to do so yards upon yards in front of me. As the wave and I became one, I focused on keeping my board away from me and THUNK! My head hit the bottom and I came up smartin' somewhat.
This was a session over two hours in length, my longest since possibly 2011.
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