A day at the beach

I don't know why it never occured to me that being closer to the equator means closer to the sun. Not only is it hotter, but you can burn easier too. Lesson learned. My feet resemble lobsters, and my poor sweet baby has a tiny bit of a burn on his arms. Luckily, I'm definitely the worst off, and baby's sunburn should heal in a day or two.

I've heard that Peru has some incredible beaches and definitely wanted to check them out, especially since it is hot. We decided that today was the day! We were going to adventure out to find the beach! So a taxi, convi, and long walk later we found ourselves at the water!... except, this place was NOT for swimming. I wish I had taken a picture. tons of fishing boats and big barges, and two men peeing into the water. Not quite what I was expecting. We went to a little sit down shady area with benches and sat down, debating what to do. There was a cute older couple sitting next to us and we struck up a conversation. Within minutes we had adopted them as our Peruvian grandparents. They were the Sweetest!! They had just had their 50th wedding anniversary. They were originally from Chiclayo, but currently lived in Lima, but were here visiting their daughter (who married a frenchman) and their grandchild (a little girl). They told us how to get to a quiet little beach that not many people know about, and accompanied us to the van to get there! We got all their information and may hopefully be able to see them later in Lima. Also, I am pretty sure our meeting them was divine intervention. Heavenly Father is looking out for us, even in the little things. I feel extremely blessed.

Eventually we got to the beach, and had it all to ourselves! It was the most perfect little town. When we arrived everyone in town was eating lunch together. Like, literally everyone! We made our way through town and down to the beach and got quickly into the wonderful cold ocean water. It was glorious! Especially since it was easily 95 degrees out. and this is considered their winter. and people were in long sleeves and jeans. and i have never sweat as much as I have in the past 4 weeks of being in South America.

William was NOT a fan of the water. It was too cold for his tastes and every time we dipped his little toes in he would cry and I would have to give him some serious cuddles to make it ok. Once, a big wave splashed him and he wouldn't calm down till I breastfed him. lol my little sweetheart. Bradley has it on video, so hopefully we can post some of our adventures soon 

 Side note about this swimsuit. I forgot to bring a swimsuit! Then, where we first stayed, when I realized how hot it was and that I DEFINITELY wanted to go to the beach, I went looking for a suit. But it's supposedly winter here, so there were only super overpriced swimsuits in the mall! I had just about given up when we went to the supermarket to get food, and they just happened to have a swimsuit, in my size, for the equivalent of only $3! Score!

 

Mama needs a pedicure, but this view was perfect