Monday, November 28, 2005
You want me to do what?
This morning was beautiful. Cloudless. We went on our quad safari in the end, and it was rather hotter than it would have been yesterday. Erin did exceptionally well, as we didn't stick to tarmac roads, and she coped very well with the bumpy sand tracks. She even nearly mastered braking hard enough to stop her running into the back of the instructor's quad bike. Nearly.
Better still, we bumped up into the middle of the island later in the afternoon to what they refer to as the desert. I think it's just the least vegetated area on the island, as the whole thing is 98% sand anyway. After an interesting chat about the various types & colours of sand, they pointed to a steep dune and handed us some bits of thick hardboard and a candle. We used the candle to wax the shiny side of the board, and then walked to the top of the steep dune in the afternoon sun. Mad dogs and Englishmen...
Then, one at a time, we lay on the boards and tobogganed down the dune. Waaaahoooooo!
All the way up the dune, Sarah had been saying, "I'm scared. I don't want to do this." However, she didn't say that on her second trip up. Of course, Max and Erin were fearless, and superb at it, going almost as far as the furthest adults. My last run started really fast, but I lost a bit of control on the way down and got a bit sideways. Otherwise, I'm sure that it would have been a record for the day. Max was chuffed to bits to be told he was the fastest kid of the week. I didn't have the heart to point out that it was Monday.
Better still, we bumped up into the middle of the island later in the afternoon to what they refer to as the desert. I think it's just the least vegetated area on the island, as the whole thing is 98% sand anyway. After an interesting chat about the various types & colours of sand, they pointed to a steep dune and handed us some bits of thick hardboard and a candle. We used the candle to wax the shiny side of the board, and then walked to the top of the steep dune in the afternoon sun. Mad dogs and Englishmen...
Then, one at a time, we lay on the boards and tobogganed down the dune. Waaaahoooooo!
All the way up the dune, Sarah had been saying, "I'm scared. I don't want to do this." However, she didn't say that on her second trip up. Of course, Max and Erin were fearless, and superb at it, going almost as far as the furthest adults. My last run started really fast, but I lost a bit of control on the way down and got a bit sideways. Otherwise, I'm sure that it would have been a record for the day. Max was chuffed to bits to be told he was the fastest kid of the week. I didn't have the heart to point out that it was Monday.
// posted by Chrisl @ 9:49 PM 
