tide is high

whats a great way to start a four day weekend, you ask? by going down to the beach/harbor at night of course! after dinner a group of us (the ones who stayed for 4 day) were sitting around, hanging out and decided we wanted to do something active, instead of just being stationary (we'd been like that all day and needed to blow off some steam). someone suggested we go to the beach. the beach at night? i'm always up for that...unless it's terrifying, but we don't need to bring that up again, right august? :) anyway, Barrett, Clara, Emilee, Leif and I all got on the 8:45 and received some skeptical looks by the other shuttle riders when we got off at the beach stop, instead of the more popular evening stop of state st. but those looks also might have been because we were the loudest people on the shuttle at that time (but seeing how everyone else on board wasn't speaking at all, it wasn't' hard to be).
when we arrived at our destination, we were pleasantly surprised that the temperature was not nearly as chilly as we thought it would be. it really was a pleasant evening and the view of the stars was great. we walked along the beach and then down into the harbor, where we walked around for a while. then we decided it would be cool to walk out on the path where the breakwater is. great idea! the way out was quite nice, as we spent the walk contemplating what would happen if a whale flew out of the water and landed in front of us (courtesy of Leif's imagination) and then singing awful songs such as "my heart will go on" complete with some great interpretive dance moves (courtesy of Barrett and I). everyone that passed us probably thought we were quite obnoxious, but at least we have fun. that was another thing; not once did we see anyone walking the same direction as us out to the end of the look-out point. everyone was coming back the other way, which should have been our first clue to what was coming.
when we finally made it to the end, we walked out onto the rock barrier, where there was a long log thing that we walked along in the middle. that also was probably a brilliant move, since we couldn't see anything, the wood had holes in it from where the water had worn it away and the tide was getting higher. but, all standing on that log out on the water was so peaceful. there was a nice breeze blowing, the stars were bright and the sound of the ocean's waves were like music to the ears, not to mention the company was great. we made our way back across the board without any injuries or people falling into the rocks and then started our way back across the breakwater path. however, by this time, the tide had gotten higher (probably why all those other people were walking back when we were walking out there). this meant that when the waves crashed against the side of the cement break wall, they would splash up into the air, soaking the entire path we were walking along. and there was no escaping it; all we could do was walk back, hoping to avoid the waves and duck behind each other. every time a wave would come, i would pull Leif in front of me and duck down. he finally figured out that it was no coincidence that i was walking on the right side of him.
we arrived back at the beach a little wet, but laughing nonetheless. as we were making our way back to the shuttle stop, we saw it drive by. that meant we had to catch the other shuttle an hour later that was up state street a way. we began the trek up late night state street to the stop, keeping our eyes averted from any suspicious activity (there was sure a lot of it).
arriving back at school around 11:30, we were all exhausted and ended up just going to bed, but it was quite a fun night.
i'm loving life! hope you all are too!