I watched a guy almost drown in Cabo last week.
The beach there is nasty – there’s one 12 foot break 100 yards from the beach – people get sucked into it and drown all the time. On this particular day there was a rip current that yanked two guys, who decided to go swimming at a black-flagged area, into the break. One guy made it out, the other guy was in for five minutes or so. I’ve never seen someone that exhausted, that close to going under.
Someone showed up with a rescue buoy and a very long rope. Another guy swam it out to drowning guy and they were both dragged to shore.
My kids were watching. I had to wrestle with a bit of PTSD for the rest of our trip.
Shortly after, we watched a sea turtle lay eggs on the beach. Can you imagine? An animal that spends 99.99% of her life in the water – deep, cold water – climbs onto the beach, crawls for 50 yards or so in the 95 degree Mexican heat – super hot sand – spends about an hour digging a hole with her flippers, then delivers her ~75 eggs. Then another 10 minutes across the scorching sand into the water.
And maybe one of her eggs will make it.
Shortly after that I rescued a baby bird who had fallen into the pool. The poor thing was so scared Continue reading Got a Bad Attitude? Two Options: Kill it or Watch It Grow