Summer's Gone

It's too bad I haven't posted since July....we had such a great trip through western Canada in August, I would have loved to read about it years from now. But internet access was spotty, and the energy barrier too high. Let's summarize: flew to Edmonton, drove to Grande Prairie, drove to Jasper, drove to Lake Louise, drove to Sicamous, drove to Vancouver, drove to Tofino on Vancouver Island, drove back to Vancouver and flew home. Over 3000 kilometers in 20 days. But what great country!

This weekend we went back to the shore. There is nothing like the Jersey shore after Labor Day - not many people on the beach, water is warm, and if the sun is out - like it has been the past two weekends - it's grand. Saturday evening I just walked in the surf around 6 PM; water must be in the high 70s, calm surf, clear skies. The people there now really love the beach. Sunday - today - was just as great. The tide was way out, leaving a flat, wide expanse of beach, more so than any other time this year. Our oldest finally mastered skim-boarding today - was he proud! I told the other two it would be their time next year.

But now the fall is here in earnest - this week summer officially ends, and I start teaching Virology to graduate students. I'll be so busy, I won't notice the time flying, and before you know it, snow will be here...or should I say next summer?