What an adventure plein air painting can be!

My second outing with the Saturday group was at an open bar on the beach. They were cleaning up from what looked like a wedding and setting up for another! We painted here a couple of times last year and loved the tranquility and the lagoon and ocean views all to ourselves except for a few beach walkers.
This time, the waves were pounding like I have never seen. Peg was standing at a table as the huge waves made it up the beach to her feet. There are 2 more tiers of beach below her. At one point a huge wave thundered on the shore and came way up where we were. I jumped onto a raised platform and skinned my knee in the process. Chairs were knocked over and Peg was hanging on to her table while beach chairs and everything swirled in the waves around us. Needless to say that was the end of our session.
​Another part of the adventure, was a man who said he owned the property wanted us to pay $100 pesos each for "using the tables". We ended up paying $400 for 5 of us as not all of us had money with us. This is common for people renting tables for the day, but we never had to pay before and normally we are the only ones in this open area bar early on Saturday morning. More fun and adventures than we expected!! Four of us celebrated the morning excursion with an iced coffee after.

"Waves Arising"
8" x 10" , en plein air, oil on canvas pad, # 2008124