Plans

I'm kind of a restless kind of person, in terms of vacation and travel. I always like having something in the near future to look forward to, that I can plan for, while also having a vague idea of what I might want to do further in the future. After Penang, it's all about enjoying my vacation and travel and not racing. :) I still have one more local race in Oct, but it isn't something I have to prep 8 months for, more just like, 3 weeks. So September is rest at home and train-for-last-race time.

Coming up in mid October, I am renting a cabin by the Monterey Bay for me and 7 other people. We will be there for 2 nights, and it'll just be good for kayaking/surfing, chilling, cooking, and boardgaming at night. It is situated on a buff above the Monterey Bay, so we'll have ample view of the ocean. I can't wait. I'm hoping to get some sea kayaking in, and that's probably about it. I'm sure some folks are gonna go surf, maybe I would, but it still makes me anxious enough that I might just opt out and instead plop myself somewhere to enjoy a good book. The place is called Last Gleam, some photos here:



Then for Thanksgiving, we'll be flying to New Jersey and then spend most of a week up in Vermont country. I'm excited about that, I have only driven through New Jersey (the smelly turnpike part) and I have never been to Vermont. The fall leaves will likely be gone by then, so it won't look exactly like the picture here, but close, and just as beautiful I'm sure. It will be so nice.


And then the week between Christmas and New Year, we're going to Kauai for a little escape. I have only been to Oahu, not to Kauai, so it'll be a new experience for us both. We haven't booked a vacation rental yet, and there is a chance that some friends might join us and we'd be able to get a nicer/bigger place, we'll see. We know though that we want to take the helicopter ride to see the Waimea canyon, Na Pali coast and the surrounding landscape like this:


The rest of the year is looking nice, and I'm looking forward to it.
Maybe I'm scheduling this nice stuff in, so I will have something to cheer me up in case on Nov 4th we end up having President McCain. Man. Just typing that makes me want to sort of gag. I will write more about my thoughts on that tomorrow maybe.