Finally have internet again.

The beginning of my Christmas story begins with the loading of the van. My little Toastadorita was loaded to the max with mostly other peoples stuff. If you look close you will see a surf board on the inside part of the van connected to the roof. I made a little surf rack that worked great. I also added a pad from the P.E. department to sleep on is case of an emergency. I had my gear for 3 weeks, 6 boards, and 2 sets of kite gear, guitar, computer, baby gear and more.
The top left picture is of a shack we pass by on our way to Cabarate. We go over this mountain and this shack is all alone on a point. I have wanted to take a picture of it for a while now. I had the perfect opportunity this time. My van decided to blow a spark plug 1 hour into our 3 1/2 hour drive. The drive ended up taking us 5 1/2 but we had a blast. Our first day of Christmas break driving up a steep mountain in a 3 cylinder car running on two cylinders. We almost did not even make it up over the mountain. A couple times I had to go into first gear and just rev it up. The entire time we are just laughing and singing knowing it really did not matter. We had the next 3 weeks off and could care less. She made it though. Later during Christmas break I would go and pick up my friend Brian Buttler from Santo Domingo. This time the car ride took 8 hours for a normally 3 1/2 hour drive. I was not as happy at the end of this one. I ended up leaving the van at my house and we caught the bus back up to Cabaret.
The other two pics are of the Surf Camp I stayed at for about 1/2 of Christmas break. It was nothing special but I really enjoyed it. I met all kinds of people. At the surf camp they provide breakfast and dinner and everyone eats dinner together so each day you are meeting new people.

More to come.