A Day at the Beach

León is only 20 km from the beach at Las Peñitas. This is, of course, a very pleasant development in my life. I´ve resolved to make it out there about once a week.

It´s delightful to swim in the Pacific: the water is warm but refreshing, and I like to let the salty waves wash over me. Usually I go for a long, slow run down the beach, barefoot and shirtless. It is so quiet that I look up from the splashing, shimmering surf on the smooth sand and see not a soul in either direction. When I get tired or hot, I just collapse into the ocean for a bit.









Then I spend the rest of the day lazing in the shady hammock, sipping on fruit juice, writing in my journal, and trying to memorize Spanish verbs. Yep, life at the beach is pretty sweet.