A few weeks ago I could walk on water. Actually, it was ice covering a lake near my house, but tomato tomoto. The past few days it has been very hot here in Finland, almost rivailling our normal Southern California weather. My family had an amazing idea to check out the lake that was frozen over just over a month ago. We walked down expecting to see maybe one or two people sunbathing in the unusual 70 degree weather, but we soon discovered nearly 40 people either lying in the sand or splashing in the just above freezing water at their feet. We laid out a blanket and took off our shoes to test the water and experience the cold temperature. It was surprisingly similar to the ocean at home although a little colder. I worked up the courage to go out waist deep to find that the depth of the lake didn’t go any deeper for at least another 20 yards. I kept going out deeper and deeper until it got to the middle of my chest then promptly ran back out to shore. I laid in the sun after repeating that a few times, and after about another 20 min of sunbathing we started to pack up. As we walked back I thought about home and the ocean. All in all it was a fantastic evening at the beach. Oh, did I mention that it gets dark around 11 o’clock at night now? That is taking a lot of getting used to.