Summer Lovin'

*Melissa*

FINALLY we’ve caught a break here, and the weather has decided to pick up! We’ve had almost a week where we’ve been able to leave the jackets at home, and still be comfortable by the time we get home! It’s been lovely – although the humidity is definitely something else!! South Australia is purportedly the “driest state in Australia”, but I’m from Utah. And UTAH gets dry heat in the summer. This crap we’ve been dealing with here? NOT dry heat – at ALL! I would WELCOME that dry heat, because the humidity just makes everything “sticky”, especially our uniforms! Just this morning we were waiting for our bus at 8 am, and we couldn’t help moaning about our pant legs groping our legs like baby koalas on their mama’s backs! It just makes it that much hotter when your clothes cling to you with every move. BUT! It’s warm – HOT even – and that’s what we were waiting for.

The weekends, needless to say, are getting a bit better with this fine change in the weather. We’ve been able to wander around the beaches and pick up a bit of the “brown” on our arms and legs – a definite improvement from our pasty complexions from Klamath Falls. This past weekend, we got quite a bit of the sunny stuff when we took a Kayaking tour through a “Dolphin Sanctuary and Shipwreck Graveyard” with SA Adventure Kayaking. I was nervous when Chad and I had both been feeling under the weather in the days surrounding it (and even after!) but it turned out to be lovely!

It was the first time Chad and I have seen dolphins in the wild, frolicking around on their own accord. Some of them got pretty close to the kayaks! We paddled around for 15 minutes or so, trying to catch glimpses of their fantastic little flippers breaking the water, and then paddled off to see one of the oldest iron ships in all of Australia, ironically called the San Diego! After that, we got to wander a bit through some Mangrove forests. They weren’t too exciting, but it was the first time I’ve ever done anything like it! And a great way to start the morning, and the weekend! In fact, after that, the rest of the day was almost TOO hot!