“What can I say except it’s Christmas and we’re all miserable.”
While Ellen Griswald is a little more jaded than most of us, she is right in some regard. The cold snapped so quick that turtles began hurling themselves on the beach, the trout high tailed it to some spot which I can’t find and the expense of gifts and travel has made the normal thin line between the red and black more of a blood red here at “the notes” household (no, no link to my bank account). So, my wife and I scrounged together gift certificates and loose change and agreed that the house is indeed falling down around us at a rate we can’t afford; so the best thing to do would be to spend that money on a trip to some place warm. As it turns out, a very good friend is getting married in the Dominican Republic in February. As it turns out, the Dominican Republic has good surf, and that usually in February. Travelocity gift certificates are redeemable in the Dominican Republic. Right on.
Travel and a warm location are the subject of the new page. Give it a read and enjoy. A First Surf Trip.
“We’re all gonna have the hap-hap-happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby tap danced with Danny fucking Kaye!”
After learning to surf at the age of 6, it was all down hill from there. It is a passion that nearly consumes as much of my life as my wife and daughter. Beyond surfing there is really no end to the things that pique my interest. I'm pretty willing to give anything a shot. In addition to my wife and daughter I usually have Sonny (a ten year old black lab and loyal first mate) along on adventures. We find ourselves getting into anything and everything but always returning to our beloved spot at the north end of Carolina Beach. It was a place introduced to us nearly 5 years ago in a unassuming manner and its grip on us has been just as easy and unassuming ever since. A graduate of UNC Wilmington, Sonny and I ventured away from the coast for a while, convinced my high school sweet heart I was much more mature, asked her to marry me and then returned to south east North Carolina along the Cape Fear River near our second home-the north end-where we began our family and can be found today. Our days our filled by the whimsy and imagination of a two year old, our passions and, of course, surf. People have to make a living so in between I can be found teaching high school English and sneaking out the back door for more surf and adventure. I hope you enjoy what you find here, that you find it useful, entertaining and maybe even just a good waste of time.
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True to past experiences. No money—take a vacation!
Notes from the North End 
True to past experiences. No money—take a vacation!