Checking in...

Haven't done much blog wise lately. It's wedding season- between May and June we've got 4 weddings to go to. Currently two down and two to go. I've been way too busy with terrible things like open bars and good food. Life will soon return to normalcy and I'm gonna get some quality beach time in July - Carolina Beach / Kure Beach over the 4th for a long weekend and I should be in the Outer Banks two weeks later; parents are gonna be at the place and I'm making sure I will be too.

I'm really excited about the idea of surfing sans wetsuit in some warm water. This is how the waves usually look in the Outer Banks during the summer time:



Awesome!






I'm happy as long as the waves are big enough to ride. As you can see, Fort Fisher is the choice location for barrels at Carolina Beach, south of Wilmington. Here's Corbin taking on a world record:











I figured out if you kneel down really far, just about any wave can be shoulder high, including this beast...I barely made the drop:











And the Jack dog ensuring the safety of all swimmers:













Speaking of Jack, in case you didn't know, he sleeps in my shower. That's right, he crawls into the shower and lays down every night. If the shower door is shut, he'll stand there with his head against the door and whine. When he sleeps upside down, his snoring sounds really weird - the first time I heard it, I stumbled out of bed around 3AM, flicked on the bathroom light, and this is what I saw: