Well its been awhile and I decided to take a mini vacation and go surfing , So me and Poncho packed up the 57 woodie and headed to florida ,.we got there after an all night drive ,    We would take turns driving me for at least two hours then poncho the rest of the way,

 Soon after we arrived we made a camp on a beach,which was fine untill we started a little campfire,  bad idea no sooner did we start the fire when a ranger came up on a four wheeler and let us know it was illigal to start fires and gave us a little fine to remember him by,

Well we climbed back into the woodie and slept untill 5:30am, This is the best time to start surfing, I got up and cracked open an ice cold brew (ahh) nothing like a cold brew at 5:30am lit up a smoke and yelled at Poncho to wake up.As soon as he got up we  put our wet suits on and prepared for a great day of surfing,

By the way there is nothing more hilarious then seeing a surfer with a sombrero on,,    So off the deep blue sea to shred some waves ,we paddled out about 200yards untill we reached a sandbar, 

 We could stand up where we were  its weird to be able to stand up in knee deep water when your 200 yards from shore,  We didn't have to wait long for the first set of nice waves to start rolling in.

Poncho is the better surfer out of the two of us  he started paddeling and caught the wave, off he was surfing holding onto his sombrero as he went.

As I was waiting and watching Poncho surf into the distance I noticed something at the edge of the sandbar it was a shark and a big one,      And I swear he was looking at me like a was breakfast.

Now can you imagine the thoughts  going through my mind at this point,

 I ask you what would you do in this situation?    Well after filling my swimsuit with yesterdays refried beans  I waited untill I seen a good size wave comming at us and started paddeling like my rear was on fire.

The race was on and he was right behind me as I took off, I"ve always heard about your life flashing before youe eyes and trust me it does , even though there were a few thing I don't remember me doing.

But this wasn't the time to worry about it,  I caught the wave and it was on !! me and him "big fish" and" bait" me being the bait,     I still think I have a lump in my throat , but anyway he started gaining on me as I was shreding the wave,

My heart pounding and fear sending shock waves through my entire body I could swear I thought this was it , the race of life a death was unfolding as I could see the shore getting closer and closer,

As I got even closer to shore I looked back and couldn't see him anymore,                      Thats when he jumped out of the water right over my head snapping his teeth as he was floating by barely missing me.   This was the only attempt  he made at me because I think the water got to shallow for him.

I coasted into the shore where Poncho stood in disbelief as to what he had just wittnessed he hurried up to me as I ran out of the water.

Needless to say we didn't surf anymore     we  found some other things to do:)