Sandboarding

It was a nice night of sleep. Waking up the waves crashing and sunrise and morning joggers heading to the beach with their dogs was nice. The kids did some homeschool and I filled up water. The beach shower faucet was next to a water meter and it did not have a pressure reducer. I connected the water bandit which is a rubber adapter for garden hose thread and a c clamp on the other end because the faucet was 1 cm inner diameter. I connected the hose to a pressure reducer and Dd turned the water full blast and the water bandit turned into a water balloon and popped off. Fortunately the c clamp came off but the rubber was chaffed but still usable. Meanwhile the dog the kids named Marshmallow came back around and we fed it a lot of chicharrone. Then some locals walked by and said they were looking for their dog which was Marshmallow, but named Oliver. They said he always gets lost and they have to go look for him and sometimes he goes downtown. 

I also saw a whale breech in the bay in the morning. Right whales come by here but apparently one lives here year round.

We headed off to the sand dunes outside of town to do some sandboarding. It was only $7/board for as long as we wanted to. They had stairs leading up the sand dunes and cold showers there. We all climbed the stairs and the kids had a blast getting used to the board. I went down and asked for some more wax and it made a huge difference. Dd sped down the hill and was saved by the net from going to the road. He brushed off the sand and we walked to other dunes away from the road. The wax needed to be reapplied after every run and it made quite a difference in how fast the boards went. Both kids practiced standing up on the boards. Christine and I both did a run and slowing down was a problem and we all ended up with sand in our mouths and hair. 

By 3pm the kids were tired and hungry and we went to have a cold shower and both kids hated it. We made some ramen for them and headed to town and looked for a bakery for Christine but came up zero and went to the supermarket. They are huge awning covered parking lots and called "Atacadista" which means wholesaler but it's a big supermarket and have a few things for stores and restaurants. They have restrooms access to the parking lots which is great for dumping the cassette which we did. There was a self serve laundromat inside and we ended up spending two hours there doing our laundry and groceries and the kids rode scooters and skates and healys.

A Swedish man on a bicycle came up and introduced himself to. He was Aron and he had a small campervan that he had shipped here right after the pandemic and had spent the last couple years in South America and had Uruguayan residency. He had been in town for a month this time and was sort of looking for a place to buy but he wasn't sure.

He gave me a couple recommendations on places to camp and we traded contact info. We ended up at a campground on the beach for $40/night. There was a big playground and another kid to play with. Success.