I'm stuck in Vera Cruz, Mexico

Hey, its Moriah! Until now, my summer has been super boring, completely consumed with work and school, with some tennis.

Thanks to the Tropical Storm (or is it a hurricane now?) it has gotten more interesting. I planned to sail with my Mom back to Galveston from Vera Cruz because she was in a sailing race! (She won, btw. First in class and fleet! She's awesome.) So me and my best friend Rebekah flew to Vera Cruz to join her crew for the 5 day sail back. But now the storm is preventing us from leaving so I've been stuck in Vera Cruz since Friday. Hopefully we will be leaving tomorrow evening before dark though, but it will be a rough sail because the storm is kind of messing up the wind.

There are definitely worse places to get stuck, though! I have gotten to see a lot of God's wonderful creation! Waterfalls, lagoons, wildlife. I have also gotten to see some cool history because Vera Cruz is very close to where Cortez the conquistador landed. It is also interesting to watch the locals around here. It's weird, they have very few American tourists come here and almost no one speaks English. Its definitely forcing me to brush up on my Spanish!

But that's where I am now. I hope all of y'alls summers are going well! I hope to update again when I get back from the trip. :)