Monday, January 5, 2009

Back to reality : )

Just got back to NC! The first thing I heard, upon exiting the car, was a wave breaking. Gotta love being across the street from the beach! And the first thing I did was take off all the layers I was wearing- it's downright balmy down here compared to the 2 degrees F we left up in VT! Here are a few more pics from my last days traveling up North:

Me, Dale, Anne, Erin (and Banana). Cold sunset atop Mt Philo

That's Lake Champlain in the valley and the Adirondacks across the way

You know it's cold when there isn't a cloud in the sky...

Meg's idyllic Vermont country home

Anne and I joined Keith, Martine, Donny, and Anne at Wendy and Roland's house the other night. We all started trading stories of our first windsurfing experiences, remembering tie-on booms, gusty lakes, and 50 pound longboards! Donny recalled learning to uphaul at the lighthouse in big nor'easters! Unbelievable, ha!! Man, this sport has come a long way in a few short years...

If you've still got some vacation time leftover after the holidays, now's a good time to use it! Tuesday afternoon through Sunday has some serious potential! Can't wait to get wet again... Hope to see you out there!

4 comments:

James Douglass said...

Dude, I like those pictures. You're a good nature photographer.

Andy said...

Thanks! But to be honest, it's pretty easy when it's so friggin' beautiful to begin with... All I had to do was click the shutter... : )

EC said...

Andy, Happy New Year !

Say, did you go boarding in VT?
How was the ocean temperatures?

Andy said...

Hey EC,

We did no sliding at all in VT, but we did hike a lot. A few friends went to Stowe and were surprised, it was much better than they thought it was going to be...

The Ocean's pretty good, about 55 I think? I went surfing with no gloves yesterday and it was totally fine!

Coming down this weekend?!?!