I survived, and in much better shape than Shirley, ha ha, I remembered the sunscreen! :-p
Well, some of you may have heard the story about Shirley's experience at a YCL Retreat at Dillon's Beach from a few years back. She laid out in the sun, on a cold cloudy day, without sunscreen and burned her back and legs so bad that they blistered. Well, I learned from her mistake, Thanx Shirley! :-D
I just got back from my YCL retreat in one piece and unburned. However, there were a few casualties of the sun. Chelsea Chidester and Helena Haueter were the worst, but there were a few others. They burned really bad, because they refused 50 SPF sunscreen multiple times, and on both sides because they flipped over during the day. Their legs are/were so red. Oh well, their own fault. :) They shouldn't have refused seeing as they both have the fair skin.
Anyway, about me, I didn't burn, thankfully Dad reminded me and I listened. :-D I built my first official sandcastle, with the help of Amber and Leslie Rivers, that looked really cool. Also, we stayed in this beautiful beach house with an amazing view of Bodega Bay. Such games as True Colors, Catch Phrase, Spoons, and Signs (knock-off King Elephant Game) were played. I was kind of amazed though at how much free/fun time we had during the day because I was expecting it to all be business and really boring. Jenny Chidester and Trayce Williams did an amazing job! The only thing that could have been better was the weather! The first day, Tuesday, it was so cold at the beach that we were all bundled up in sweatshirts. On Wednesday however, it was warm enough for me to actually walk into the water a bit in just a swimsuit, my swim shorts and a light t-shirt. One of the girls brought a skim board and was even doing some boarding because the waves were just right and the temperature not too cold for her I guess.
Anywho, I had an great time and I actually got to know some of the girls better since I still was a bit lost as to who was who. And, because of the smaller group of YCLs it was actually possible to speak/make suggestions and be heard. This was definitely a great experience and a great bonding time.
By The Way, Sorry for the random jumpy explanations of it all, I think I may be suffering from some "mild" sleep deprivation. :-D
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I'm glad you had fun, and that you came back without a sunburn. Shirley's was AWFUL. You've got to get a camera so we can have some pictures of what you're doing!
I'm gonna have to get some of the pictures off of Dad's camera, but if you want to see a slideshow made by Jenny Chidester of the trip, just follow this link:
http://smilebox.com/playEmail/4d7a59334e7a4d794d5877324d6a51784e6a59340d0a&sb=1
I agree, the sunburn was not fun! My legs swelled up so bad and I couldn't sleep on my back for like a couple weeks! I'm trying to have empathy for those girls, but they deserve it if they downright Refused sunscreen multiple times!
Did you guys do any day trips into Bodega? Remember how I told you about going to see the school house where they filmed "The Birds" and bought that awesome shirt.
Nope, we didn't get to go up the road to Bodega which was kinda lame, but it was still a really fun trip!
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