Austin Ochs

This week has been pretty legit. Austin Ochs came and talked to us. He is really cool guy. He told us a little bit about his past and growing up what things were like and if I could say one thing about him is that he does stuff. He will come up with an idea. Often a pretty big idea and act on it. Why not right? I was inspired, what is stopping you. He had an idea to form small groups at his school his softmore year and by the second semester 100 out of the 105 kids in his cool signed up wanting to be in small groups. It was amazing, he a softmore God used in a mighty way. Now he is a part owner of a few companies, his primary company being one called seat king. They build industrial seating, seems kinda boring and pretty basic to me, but the catch is the employees are all in prison. The manufacturing building is in the prison and they get to work for 8 to 15 dollars and hour, to send to their families or buy various approved amenities for their cell. They have started a seminary through that, and nine inmates are a part of it, they are studying and learning and changing that prison. Everyone who comes in that prison is given an opportunity to work and share in joy of Christ. Some are in for life sentences, but are content in the place that God has them, have repented from old sin and are now trying to help others. It is amazing some of the stories that come out of there. Then He is also working on a project in Honduras for hydro electric power. It is pretty cool. It was like an 8 million dollar project that will provide energy for a village they sell the electricy back to the Honduran government to provide energy there. His wife has now come up with an idea of praying scripture over others and started a website that will email you a verse each day as you go through different books of the Bible and you just insert the name of the person you want to pray for an it will incorporate it into a prayer based on the verses for that person. You can also go through it quicker on the website looking at the verses and the prayers they have written from that. It is really cool. Today is my little sisters 18^th birthday so that is crazy. She isnt allowed to be 18, but I knew she was gonna grow up on me at some point. So that is exciting, we will get to be in college together next year at pepperdine. Legit! So pumped. Tonight I went over to the Chanceys and cooked some venison for them and brought Matt Lydia and Xenia, we had a great time getting to know them better and sharing a little bit of our stories. We also had our pancakes and praise deal, which was fun. The song the more I seek you has just been really moving me lately. I cant get enough of it, but the versions on youtube are just ehhh. Live worship with my Link Year family is where it is at. Shout out to Sarah Emerson :D she probably doesn’t read my blog, but that’s ok. Austin challenged us with something I am going to take very seriously. Think of one thing you would do for God’s kingdom, if you had unlimited resources. I challenge anyone reading this to think about this as well. I don’t know what kind of following I have, but I would love to hear what you would do. I believe that God would provide me with the opportunity to gain whatever resources I need, so sky is the limit, lets go, I just gotta come up with a need and a God size idea.

Weird Week

It is weird to think that Link Year is almost over, this week has been unusual. I wasn’t here for class Monday morning, I was still in Dallas flying back. Had a cool conversation with the woman I sat next to o the plane about Link Year and about Jesus. It was awesome that God gave me that opportunity to share with her. She knew about Jesus and had been to church before but she didn’t really open up about where she was at with God. Anyway I’m praying that God will continue to work in her life. Class on Wednesday was with Rich, he runs Joshua Wilderness which is a different gap year program. It is in Hume Lake California kinda near Fresno. They are in a lot of ways very different than Link, partly because of location/isolation, but he spoke to us a lot on his trips to Israel and teaching about Jewish and Israeli culture. That was interesting. Then on Wednesday we had our small groups, which felt weird because that is normally on Mondays, we went through the study we are doing on identity, confronted some issues about times in my life where I am trying to be God is some way, trying to control things, or change people, or not wanting to ask for help from others. Our culture tells us a lot of things about what men should or shouldn’t do and a lot of times it contradicts the Bible and so we have to be careful not to get caught up into what we have always heard and what we are used to, but instead match it with the word. I got a ton of stuff done that afternoon, trying to get some things sorted out for the fundrasier I am trying to do for Fiji missions (Island encounters). Hitting a few road blocks, but nothing I think we cant get around. This morning almost all of the guys got up and we had a time of prayer together. It was really cool, we are going to do this every Tuesday and Thursday for the rest of Link Year. I cant believe that it is almost over. It has been a blast. Choosing between Pepperdine and Westmont probably in the next week or so, by next week I will either be a Wave or a Warrior. Either way I am pretty pumped. I gotta go get some maintenance done, Later.

Brady White

This week we heard from Brady white. He shared with us a little bit about several different topics. He talked to about how passionately he pursued his wife while dating. How he loved her and took every opportunity to show it, but in his first year of marriage that dropped off and she felt like the whole dating thing was just a big show. He told us that to show us how our culture only understand love as a feeling. Reminded me if Joshua straub teaching us how to love better instead if feel better. Love is a commitment. The love that marriage is, the unconditional love, the love that is til death do us part. It is not going to always be rainbows and butterflies. It is hard, his wife spoke to in chapel about their move to Disney as she pursued a job there. The sacrifices they had to make for one another and how she got to impact the lives of kids there was awesome. She told us a story of a little girl who was born without the ability to hear and when doctors found a way to give her hearing, she told them that the first thing she wanted to hear was the Disney princesses. Well Blair got to be on of those Disney princess that sat and had an imaginary tea party in the magic kingdom with this little girl as she heard for the first time.  It was really cool to see how God has used their family up to this point to make a difference in the community God has placed them. This weekend I am home for a college acceptance function. Hopefully this will help shed some light on the college decision I have coming up between Westmont and Pepperdine. I think that God will use me at whichever school I go to but a decision still has to be made none the less. Til next time 

New Zealand/Fiji/USADay 35

And The journey home begins, we got up at like 5:30, got ready and headed to the airport, we were on a tiny plane to start out with. No security, like 18 people on the plane, 8 of them being us. Morgan was practically sitting with the pilots. Then after we got to Auckland we walked to the international terminal, which felt like a long way since I wasn’t feeling well. We had our layover, then flew to Fiji, we had to enter the country to get our bags from Laura Pitman, then we went back through security had another layover and then got on our long flight to LA, I tried to sleep most of the way and was pretty successful, watched a little bit of the movie Taken, but mostly just slept and woke up and went back to sleep. Then We got on our flight to Denver and in Denver Laurel got on a different flight home and we got on our flight to Little Rock, we got to Little Rock and the Moreheads were there to pick us up. They took me to the Doctor to make sure that I was alright, which I was, then they took me back to their house where everyone else had settled in for the night, they made me a grilled cheese and I had some fruit. Then we watched wrath of the Titans before going to sleep. Finally home in the US.

New Zealand Day 34

This morning we got up and went to Taupo, the city of fun if you will. We had a great day planned. We got to Taupo and got in a limo to go skydiving. It was really cool white limousine. We all got geared up, decided what video packages we wanted and got in a plane. Morgan Jon Giovanni and I were in the first group. We took off and I thought they weren’t going to close the door. And I was right by the door so I was a little concerned, then they closed it. It was really cool, as we went higher we could see Mt Doom and the whole lake area, it was intense. Then they opened the door he was alright swing your legs out, so we did then it was 3 2 1 and we were out. It all happened so fast I didn’t even have time to freak out. The first 3 seconds was crazy and indescribable feeling, then we were in free fall, the camera man was getting shots as we fell, and It was pretty cold at that altitude, but it got warmer as we fell. Then we pulled the shoot and coasted to the ground, it was one of the coolest experiences of my life, Im really glad I did it. Later that night we went sailing which was really fun, the wind wasn’t really strong but strong enough that we didn’t need to use an engine or anything. We saw some neat rock carvings ate huge burgers and sailed back. Then we went back to the hotel and got some sleep.

New Zealand Day 33

We got up early and got on the bus and went pretty far drive through the country side where we saw some cows and a few sheep, passed a bunch of farms and mountains. We ended up in this valley where we stayed at Lake Aniwhenua. I was feeling pretty sick so I opted out of the activities there. The group that went eeling though, which is what I would have done got stuck out on the lake, it was kinda an issue, I didn’t hear to much I just know they didn’t catch an eel and it took a long time to get back. I mostly just rested there and tried to recover.

New Zealand Day 32

We got up in the morning went down to meet the bus and starting waiting….and waiting until we eventually decided they told us the wrong time so that they could leave the Americans behind. Oh and I forgot to mention it is raining. So we got on the bus and headed to Waitomo where we went caving. They had us crawl through a box to make sure that we would be able to fit through all of the tightest parts of the cave, it was pretty easy for everyone in our group. Then we put on wetsuits and got helmet and boots and headed out to the cave. The entrance to the cave was probably the tightest squeeze in the whole cave. We saw the glow worms and floated in our inner tubes, the water was freezing though, but other than that the whole tour was pretty chill just walking around and checkin out glow worms. It was really neat, then we got out and took our gear off and got back on the bus and headed to Mourea. That was our cultural night, they preformed for us, songs dance ect. Then we all slept on the floor in one big room, except for our girls, they had their own room that was locked up at night, that gave them some privacy and security.

New Zealand Day 31

I ended up not sleeping very well and having a bit of a fever, I threw up early that morning, before having to pack all my stuff and get back on the bus. I was feeling a little better, but far from great. Loaded up on the bus and just tried to rest. We stopped at another grocery store, this time in Hamilton and got some groceries, then continued on the Raglan. We stopped in the city for about an hour and a half, went into some surf shops and what not. Then we went to the hostel, we were staying a different place down the road. Morgan Jon Giovanni and I rented vespas and followed the bus over to our accommodations. We then took our backpacks up to our rooms, it is definitely the nicest place we stayed yet, it only cost $45 a night per person though. I still not was feeling to well and decided not to go surfing, I rested for a bit, took a shower then went and drove around, I met up with the rest of the group and we took to vespas back and got a ride from one of the employees at the hostel, she was really nice. She is originally from Boston and came over here with her brother on work visa and here she is. We got back and found out that the rest of the group didn’t start the grill yet by mistake, so we are working on dinner now. Made us some burgers finally and ate and then I went to bed.

New Zealand Day 30

We got up bright and early at 5:45 to pack up our stuff and go to the bus station. We got there and found out that the bus doesn’t run as early on Sunday. So we had to bite the bullet and call a couple of cabs. We got down town with plenty of time to spare, got some Duncan Donuts. The bus arrived, we got checked in and began our journey. We went to an office building and heard a talk about how the bus worked. Then we headed to Hahei, we stopped in Thames and went to the grocery store. Then we continued on to Hahei, it was low tide so we went straight to the Hot Water Beach, it was fun the geothermal sports were really hot in some place. Then we went into the ocean, the waves we pretty big, the water was kinda cold, but had a blast. You get used to the water pretty quick though. I think I got some pretty cool GoPro videos as well. Then we went to Hahei and got checked into our cabin, which was cool. It was really close to the beach. Then Morgan Giovanni, Jon and I went kayaking. We kayaked through a marine reserve and to a couple different cove, we stopped at a famous one called Catherdral Cove. Got out explored a little bit in a small cave and big archway, our guide made us cappuccino and hot chocolate. Then on the way back we went around an island and through a cave, that was fun. Morgan and I both had our GoPros going, I think between the two of us we got some good footage. We got back, cooked some dinner, garlic salt and lemon pepper on some chicken breast, and some chicken and cheese quesadillas. It was really good, that night we watched some GoPro videos and then I got a headache and went to bed.

New Zealand Day 29

Got up this morning, didn’t have the energy to go out to Rangitoto, so we took it easy in the morning, and got dressed up to go to the sky tower, went downtown, walked around some shops for a while, then went to the sky tower. Morgan and I came in together, so we went up to the observation deck, took some picture and then went up to a higher deck, then met the rest of the group at the Sugar club restaurant. It was sooo nice, my mom was treating the group to eat there, it was sooo cool. The view was amazing, the food was really good and we had pineapple smoothies that were amaaaazzzing. Thanks so much mom if you are reading this. Our table was on the harbor side so we could see the bridge and boats. It was great. Then we went to the observation deck and got some group pictures. Then we went down and back into the city. Went into a mountaineering store that was really neat and now I am at starbucks journaling a bit. We are talking about what our plans are for the rest of the night, some people are ready to go back, but I’m tryin to make sure there isnt anything else I want to see. Most of the group went back to the hotel. Giovanni and I decided to walk around some more and go to dinner, it was fun we got a chance to get to know each other a lot better. Then we took the bus back up to Henderson, the bus didn’t go all the way to our hotel, but since we were the last ones on the bus he just drove us the rest of the way.

New Zealand Day 28

We slept in until about 9, then moved our things to a different room for the second night, then got on a bus into the city. We saw starbucks and got off, some people got some drinks and this is where we decided who was going to go where. Morgan, Jon, Giovanni and I went down to the Harbor, Josh and Kelsey went to do there thing and Hannah and Laurel went their own way. My group went down to the Harbor, walked around a mall right by the water, saw where the ferries go out from, then we walked over to a Mexican restaurant and got a bite to eat. Then we went out on the pier and took some pictures. After that we walked over to the Maritime museum, that was pretty cool. I bought a map of New Zealand, then we went to a coffee house and I got a milkshake. Then we went to Mt Eden, which is like a park before all making our way back to the hotel.

Fiji/New Zealand Day 27

Well we slept in a little, I went and sat with some people at breakfast, talked for a bit. Then I went back to my room and finished packing up. My room then prayed as a group, for those of us going to New Zealand and those who were going back to the US. After that we headed up to the front, checked out and started saying our goodbyes to the rest of the group. We got in a shuttle and went over to the airport. We were like second in line to check in. We got up there and they told us that our flight would be delayed from 10am to 5pm. So they gave us vouchers to go back to the hotel, we each got our own room and a free meal. It was pretty good. I rested, then checked my email, found out I needed to meet a deadline for a college app, so I got a few things taken care of. We ate some burgers and headed back to the airport. Got on the plane and went to NZ. On the plane we had some significant turbulence, but not too much to worry about, we couldn’t lose. If we made it to Auckland we would enjoy our trip. If we crashed and died we would go to heaven, if we crashed and didn’t die, we would have an amazing story about that one time we survived a cyclone in the middle of the pacific ocean. But we made it to Auckland, and were greeted by a large statue of a dwarf from Lord of the Rings. We proceeded to get our bags and get a shuttle to our hotel. Fortunately they had rooms available for us even though we were arriving a few days early. We settled into our rooms, then went and got a bite to eat at burger king. Aftetr that we went back to our rooms and went to sleep.

Fiji Day 26

So 5:00am up and going, went out got some breakfast, then once we could see a little bit we headed out into the field with cane knives, shovels and bags of pineapple plants. The first big task was clearing out the grass, it is about 5 feet tall and we had to clear an area of about 20 square yards. So we got to work, some would stomp on the grass, then we would cut a line, and starting uprooting from there. Because of the rain the night before it ended up going fast to use the cane knives less and just pull up the grass. Normally you cant do that because the ground is too dry and hard. So we do that and it takes us until about 8:00 to clear everything, then the group gets split in half so that some could work on the chicken coop. Kimmy, Josh Ong, a Giovanni and I stayed in the field though. I dug holes, a 1yrd radius, put them into rows. After a few hours of planting we were finished, then I went and helped Thomas and tyler finish the wiring around the chicken coop. After that we showered, got our stuff together and headed to our hotel. We stayed at tokatoka across from the airport. It was nice to have an actual bed, air conditioning ect. For dinner we all went out for pizza. After dinner Josh O, Giovanni and I went to the grocery store and bought ice cream. Took it back to the room and chowed down, it was great. Watched some random soap opera based in Australia. Then we all met up in the other boys room for poetry night. We all shared our poems, then I went back to the room, ate more icecream and went to bed.

Fiji Day 25

Today we went to the Sigatoka Sand Dunes, which was my research place. We went and toured the dunes and the associated rainforest. We got to see some of the pottery that had been excavated there which was cool. They told us that we couldn’t swim because there were a lot of tiger sharks just off shore. They said during high tide you can see them swimming around fins out and occationally leaping as they attack fish from below. So that’s awesome. Then we went over to a school and put on a short kids club, we told the story of Jesus healing the blind man, I was the blind man John was Jesus and Tyler was the Narrator. Then we had them memorize Isaiah 35:5. Then we played some games with them outside until they had to get back to class. Then the group went to the Tanviu fort. There we learned about a particular establishment that is now a historical site. It was pretty neat, not a lot to see, mostly just got a tour telling us what used to be there. The view from the highpoint was awesome though, the rolling hills, farm below, and river cutting through. Unbelievable. After that we went into the town of Sigatoka, I got a snack and drink, and bought a couple souvenirs and a bunch of bananas. Now we are back at the farm we have cleaned up the kitchen and are now packing to leave. New Zealand here I come. We are staying in a hotel for our last night, so that will be nice. I gotta get some sleep though, we have plant some trees at like 5:00am tomorrow morning, so night night.

Fiji Day 24

Today we were supposed to have a work day, but due to some future weather conditions they moved our charter boat day to today. We went out to the Mamanucas, which is an island group not too far off shore from Nadi. One of the islands out there is the island that Cast Away was filmed on. Unfortunately we were unable to stop there because of some problems with the Jet ski. Oh yeah we had a Jet ski, so we took turns driving it around as the boat went along. It was a blast. Unfortunately it ended up having some mechanical problems, but I got to drive it around before that time. While I was on it I got to jump around behind the boat on the wake, slow down to look into the crystal blue water at fish. I saw a small reef shark eating something and I saw two manta rays. As they skimmed under that water I could drive right with them, they were pretty fast. About 20mph. We saw some flying fish jumping out of the water. Then we stopped and snorkeled for a while at a reef. That was awesome, we saw tons of fish, a couple of sea snakes, which are super venomous. But before you get alarmed, it is almost impossible for them to bite you, they have such small mouths that they cannot open wide enough to bite anything other than an earlobe or the webbing between your fingers. Josh Ong was a little bolder than myself, he was grabbing them and moving them around. He dropped it when he pulled it out of the water because it really flipped out. Then I got to try spear fishing, which was awesome. After about 15min I had a fish. It was really neat I have some pictures of it. Then I let some other people give it a try. We cruised around, took some group pics, ate food and headed back. All in all one of my best days to date.

Fiji Day 23

We got up this morning and went to church at revival. After the service we went to the head pastors house for lunch, it was great. Their were trays and trays of fruit. Pineapple, papaya, watermelon, and bananas. There was also some fish, which was whole. Then there was some peppers that DLaw and Jon tried, they said it was pretty hot, like my mouth was on fire for several minutes. Then we headed back to the farm and just chilled. I took a nap in my hammock, then chatted with people on the porch until dinner. For dinner we had an American dish. Spaghetti and meat sauce. It wasn’t quite like home, but it was decent. Then we got to hear Russie’s Testimony. He told us about how he grew up with a really strict father. Then we ended up in jail for several years where he had an encounter with God. From then on he began to read the Bible and talk to other cellmates about the grace of Christ. He was then released by order of the prime minister, where he went home to Salah and began to live for Christ. He studied theology in the Solomon Islands then ended up working for island encounters as a property management. They have been a really great family to get to know. I will miss them very much. Between the Pittmans, Russie’s family, Shawn and Talei I really want to come back someday and see how they are doing and how the farm is doing. I hope an opportunity presents itself some time down the road.

Fiji Day 22

This morning I got up and helped with pancakes. I stirred up the batter for Auntie Salah and we started cooking. Everyone got a couple pancakes then we ran out of propane, so that was a bummer. The Nazeil and Laura came by and picked us up to go into Nadi, we started at the Hindu temple where we went in and prayed for the lost people there and prayed against the idol and demon worship. It was a sad and heavy time. After that we went into Nadi on a scavenger hunt. We got points for getting to know people and taking pictures of different foods and souvenir type items. Then we took a cab over to McDonalds. My team got second place, which was fine. First place got McFlurries. Then we came back to the farm changed clothes and headed out on our hike. We met up with a local who would be our guide his name was Esa, he was pretty cool, we were laughing that we brought like backpacks with gear and water ect, he had a knife and an apple haha. Also he was wearing flip flops. He quickly took them off and went barefoot though. We went through a river first in which Snodgrass fell and was being swept away by the river, so I threw my pole up to our guide and he held it out for Snodgrass to pull him back over, it wasn’t a dangerous size river he just might have been swept down a hundred yards or so. We were all carrying our backpacks over our heads, unfortunately I thought my go pro was recording, but I missed the first river crossing. Then we hiked up a ways where we got some guavas, a fruit with a pinkish red center and a lot of seeds, tastes good. Then we journeyed into the rainforest it was muddy and slippery but we were having a blast. Then we came up to a large rock that we climbed up on top of, from there we had a view of the whole valley area, we could see the farm and the airport, and even the next island over. Then we began our descent, on the back down we went by a stream where we could drink fresh water, it began to rain, but none of us really cared, we had already walked through a river and deep mud, we were about as wet as we were going to get. Then we passed a sugar cane field so we cut some cane and snacked on that. We then came to a new part of the river where it was a little deeper and we had to walk upstream a little ways. We all made it, after we got our bags across we messed around in the river, trying to swim against the current and pushing each other, it was fun. We passed some pigs in a pen, which smelled terrible, not surprisingly, and then we came up to the Muslim school, which is the turn off to head back to oasis farm. We thanked our guides and gave them some money, then a big 18 wheeler pulls up with a bulldozer on the back, so Giovanni asks them if we could ride on the back until our turnoff, they agree and we all jump on, it was hilarious at the turn, they didn’t really stop, but they had to slow down enough to turn we just jumped off. We walked it the rest of the way in got showered, up, clean clothes and some warm chicken soup in our bellies for dinner.

Fiji Day 21

Today was really chill; we got up and had our devo time, Tyler and Donyes shared. Then we went to the mud pools, which was muddy, as you would imagine. The mud pool was really warm also; we helped cover each other in mud and then began the baking process. We had to wait for the mud to dry which is probably a part of the exfoliating process and detox. Then got in the water and washed off. After that we got in the hot spring, it was really hot there, so after that we got in the pool and rinsed off in a cool shower, then we came back to the farm and chilled this afternoon. Russie and Shawn left to go to Suva for the celebration of the 100^th day since Russie’s dad passed away, this is a common practice in the Fijian culture. Then I went back to loloma and played with kids again, not as many were there this time, but we had fun. Played elbow tag and did some jump rope. I made arrangements with Laura to stay an extra night in Fiji for the New Zealand group and also figured out how we can leave our bags in Nadi and she will bring them to the airport when it we come back through after our trip. I think it will work out well. Had dinner and visited with some people out on the porch for a while. Now I’m going to sleep. Night

Fiji Day 20

Today we had a half work day,  I got up and got ready had breakfast as usual, then I went out past the papaya field to an undeveloped area where giovanni and I started clearing fields with cane knives to plant some banana trees. It was really hard work, the sun was blazing and after swinging the cane knife for about an hour blisters were developing, so we stopped got some water and went out until tea time. After tea time Giovanni went back down there and I helped the girls paint the top of the doorways that they couldn’t reach, then I went down and began hacking away again, then someone in the papya fields yells to us that Donyes needs us…like NOW, like RUN. So we bolted up to the porch and asked Donyes what he needed, he said get in the car, we are headed to town. It was fun he gave us some pizza, then we took Tanya by the internet café, pretty sure she was planning some wedding stuff, we went with Donyes to pick up some stuff he wanted. Then we went back to the café which I forgot to mention is on the beach, chilled there in hammocks until it was time to head back, when we got back we put together a plan for our kids club, before going out that night. We were at the revival church again, which was cool we got to see the same kids, this time we told them the story of the blind beggar. Then we asked them questions about the story and for insight to help them engage in the story. I used the extra rope to make a tug of war rope with some knots in it, we also used it for jump rope after that. Then we came back and had some dinner. After dinner we heard shawns testimony. It was really cool. He is from Canada and a few months ago he felt really called to Fiji so he up and left. His family is finishing out the school year in Canada then they will be moving out here as well.

Fiji Day 19

Today I got up at 5, watched the sunrise and rested in my hammock, then we had breakfast and heard a devo from Hillary, she talked to us about the promises of God and took a little time to focus on a promise in 1 John that talks about the promise that God will hear and respond to our prayers, reminding us that it is not always in the way that we expect. Then we loaded up into the van the jimmy and the rav 4 and headed out to the village, we participated in the cava ceremony and dancing, they showed us the process of how they make pottery without a wheel or any formal tools, they used a paddle to shape the clay into a rounded disc, then they fused the two together and cut a hole in the top with a stick and began to form it into a pot. Then they showed us how after it come out of the fire they will put tree sap on it to add a shine and make it waterproof, then it is ready for use or sale. After that we ate a snack and went out to a beach, where I got some wifi and talked to my mom about some stuff. The signal wasn’t very good, so after we talked for a little bit I went out and started enjoying the beach with everyone else. I dug a hole and Adam and Thomas buried me, then the put a shirt over my head and would ask unsuspecting people to grab it for him and when they picked it up I would scream and scare them. It was hilarious; they got on video that Donyes might post on the blog.  Then I swam for a little while. Lydia speared a fish with Phil’s spear, so that was cool. I snorkeled for a little while which was fun, I saw quite a few fish. Then we loaded back up in cars and headed back. Im all showered up after a fun day at the beach and now headed to dinner.