So this was the last adventure in January before beginning into the semester. As mentioned in an earlier post, this was the day I kept true to my track record ... another roommate engaged. I've lost count now, but I think it has got to be upwards of twenty. I've again started to have people ask for the applications to be my roommate.
The Story:
Si'i insisted on getting a sea kayak even if he was going to be deployed for a year and planned this whole day where 4 of us (later turned into 6) would be going sea kayaking down in Big Sur where we would hike down to the beach with the kayak. He brought lunch to barbecue on the beach and other details. This picture is the before picture. So to make the story a little shorter, while we were all on the beach in between runs out to the ocean, I noticed a full clam shell sitting behind Nicole and Si'i and asked whether they had found it. So Nicole was admiring it and others were telling her to open it. Well, she slowly opened it and it was full of sand and a black pearl ring sticking out of the sand. So the rest of us jumped back as she dropped the shell and Si'i whispered his proposal to her. Then, he said he'd put the ring on and pulled another ring with a sapphire and a diamond filled and carved band out of his pocket to put it on her. He later said he nearly got three rings! Who gets two rings? It was a great day, made better with perfect weather in January and a grey whale that hung out in the bay where we were all day. Two of the times I was out, the whale came within about 20 feet from our kayak!! It was so exciting!!
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