We found it somewhere near my little finger
We arrived in Apollo Bay on Wednesday after stopping a night in Port Fairy. One of the main reasons for stopping here was to revisit the spot at Marengo where I proposed to Jenny. As most of you know this is what the ring design is based on. We went down to what we were pretty sure was the spot and compared our rings and took some photos. We stayed two nights there and had a very relaxing time. Today we've taken off down the great ocean road to go to Leo (the mc at our reception) and Erin's house. We stopped at various scenic spots along the way. One was a spot where there are a lot of koalas, so we got out of the car and took some photos.
A little further down the road we came across a little beach where we decided have lunch. We got the esky out, some wine glasses, towels picnic rug etc. and we were about to make our way down to the beach when Jenny, very sensibly asked "Should we take our wedding rings off?" as we'd heard stories of wedding rings being lost in the surf before.
It was at this point, I remembered taking my ring off to put sunscreen on. Rather than put it somewhere safe I just put it in my lap with the expectation that I would be putting it straight back on after I'd finished with the sunscreen. Ironically, this was a strategy devised to avoid the ring slipping of after being greased up with sunscreen. So obviously I forgot it was there and when I got out of the car to look at the koalas it fell off my lap just outside the car. I only noticed it missing when Jenny suggested we look after them.
We had a quick rummage through the car and until I retraced my thoughts back to the Koala spot. It was only a short distance back up the road but it seemed to take forever to get there. We raced over to the spot where we had been parked. I quick scan of the area didn't reveal much. I was starting fear that it could bounced into some longer grass, or been buried deeper in the gravel by another car that parked there after us. To my complete and utter relief - a relief like I have never known - I saw it in the gravel and in one motion, snapped it up and put it back on its finger.
Upon reflection I can see some element of poetry in the fact that if I hadn't found it, the great ocean road is an appropriate place lose a ring that is essentially a map of the coast line that it runs along. But fortunately I don't have resort to such lame measures.
A little further down the road we came across a little beach where we decided have lunch. We got the esky out, some wine glasses, towels picnic rug etc. and we were about to make our way down to the beach when Jenny, very sensibly asked "Should we take our wedding rings off?" as we'd heard stories of wedding rings being lost in the surf before.
It was at this point, I remembered taking my ring off to put sunscreen on. Rather than put it somewhere safe I just put it in my lap with the expectation that I would be putting it straight back on after I'd finished with the sunscreen. Ironically, this was a strategy devised to avoid the ring slipping of after being greased up with sunscreen. So obviously I forgot it was there and when I got out of the car to look at the koalas it fell off my lap just outside the car. I only noticed it missing when Jenny suggested we look after them.
We had a quick rummage through the car and until I retraced my thoughts back to the Koala spot. It was only a short distance back up the road but it seemed to take forever to get there. We raced over to the spot where we had been parked. I quick scan of the area didn't reveal much. I was starting fear that it could bounced into some longer grass, or been buried deeper in the gravel by another car that parked there after us. To my complete and utter relief - a relief like I have never known - I saw it in the gravel and in one motion, snapped it up and put it back on its finger.
Upon reflection I can see some element of poetry in the fact that if I hadn't found it, the great ocean road is an appropriate place lose a ring that is essentially a map of the coast line that it runs along. But fortunately I don't have resort to such lame measures.
OMG! That was very hard to read....let alone live through....how the heck was Jenny??
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