Today was a very light wind day, I was out on a 4.7 & 84L and Jen was on 4.7 & a 90L board. The was just enough wind for me to get on a plane, so I played around a bit doing a few circles around Jen as she tried to slog in. Over all it was a bit of an exhausting day for my arms, lots of pumping and juggling of my rig.
In the evening we took a page from the tourist textbook and rode horses up to the top of some petrified dunes to watch the sunset. It was very nice, I had a bit of a reluctant horse as it kept to the far back of the group and needed a bit of prompting to get going. Jen's horse decided to gallop a bit, which 10 minutes later we realized caused the camera to fall out of her pocket. Of course she had taken my camera (after I told her not to!) so now it's full of sand. Luckily it still took some great pictures which will be uploaded as soon as we find a new voltage adapter. Why do we need a new adapter? Well today Jen also thought it would be a brilliant idea to hang her dripping wet rash guard and bathing suit directly above the outlet. When we came into the room later, it smelled like burn plastic. Initially we thought it was just the computer because it keeps over heating, until we realized the computer was shut down because the power apparently disconnected. But no, it was just the adapter that was fried. So after a minor electric shock to make sure it was really busted we now only have half a battery's life left for the two remaining months of our trip.
HI Cady,
ReplyDeleteWow a sunset horse back ride. That is something I would like to do. I look forward to seeing the pictures. I am guessing that Jenn is in the dog house. Too bad about getting sand in your camera and blowing the inverter. Do you think we could send you a new one?
All the best, Mum
Camera is completly fine and the outlets actully take both voltages so contrary to the crises Caitlyn depicted all is well. The adapter may still work...we're just making sure it is nice and dry before testing it! So no fear...lots of computer battery and pictures to come.
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Catchy title, Cady! Hee hee. I'm glad you got the shock out of the wall instead of from the sky... out on the water... in a lightening storm. We look forward to your riding pictures with Pokey and Zippy. Giddyap!
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Oh and even if the adapter was broken it would not be very fesible to send a new one. We had a friend who had is credit card info stolen in Fortelza before he came to Jeri. He was forced to stay here 3 weeks instead of 1 while he waited for his credit card to arrive "express" from Norway! Luckily Jeri is a pretty good place to be stranded...
ReplyDeleteThe inverter actually is busted, Jen if you want you can test it out but it smells of burnt electronic parts. The camera is working but the buttons are all filled with sand and may not have a long life as a result.
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