John's Pass

Carrie focuses on the beach and maybe some birds!
A great blue heron let us get really close on Sunday afternoon as we were walking to John's Pass.
The sunny skies late Sunday gave way to clouds. It was very windy all day, and the wind kept the low to mid 80s temperature bearable.
John's Pass has had some major construction since I was last there in Thanksgiving of 2006. They have added a whole new set of stores you can see behind Carrie and a second, larger draw bridge you can see on the left of the draw bridge we are standing on here.
I have found many great deals at this Sports Fan Attic over the years. This year it was a Toronto Blue Jays shirt for $10 instead of $22! Last Thanksgiving it was a Carmelo Anthony jersey for $20 instead of $75, which was stolen 3 weeks later in Atlanta.

A view of the sunny beach on Sunday.
Carrie couldn't resist the slides at a hotel near the beach.
Another slide!
We found a hammock infront of a hotel and decided to shoot some self-portraits.
Relaxing in the warmth with the palm trees and gulf.

The end of our short time at the beach with the sunset on Sunday night. We left Monday morning to drive back up to Collegedale. My parents and Ruthie and Milton are staying until the weekend. I watched a ton of NFL games this Christmas Break. The last one of the regular season was Sunday night with the Titans Vince Young leading his team to a 10-6 record and the play-offs for the first time since 2003 with a 10-6 win in the final regular season game in the Colt's RCA Dome. The Colts rested most of their regulars from midway through the second quarter on, which allowed the Titans to win a game they would have probably otherwise lost. Too bad the Cleveland Browns missed the play-offs despite also being 10-6 this year. Yesterday on New Year's Day I took Carrie to Sitar, an Indian Buffet. Then we went to see National Treasure. A fun end to a great break. Carrie drove back to Highland yesterday and is at her first day of school today. I start meetings tomorrow and also have meetings Friday before heading to see Carrie at Highland for the weekend and then starting classes at Hardy on Monday, January 7.