La Ventana, La Ventana, La Ventana, La Ventana it's all we have on our minds

December 10, 2009

As I peck away at the keyboard, rain is falling on the skylight above. The second storm is finally here. Thank god because my car is so dirty from the first one.

This afternoon Mike Noel drove over to the house to pickup some of our kite gear that he is kind enough to take down to La Ventanta for us. Thank you Mike!!!

He started the day by picking up Rudy's (a long time friend) standup surfboard. it was in a huge padded bag. Then we proceeded to fill it with other things like kite boards. Then the two of us had to hoist it onto Mike's new roof racks. We hope they hold.

Then we proceeded to load ten kites, 11 boards, five pumps and all kinds of other things. I have no idea how he and Mandy are going to find room for their clothes????

On the left is Dan's huge box of pumps, wet suits, harnesses, foot straps and all kinds of other things. On the right is Klaus's directional board plus Dan's Best twin tip. The kites are all pushed up front.

Then we discovered it was too much trouble to put my new Ellis directional board on top of the big bag on the roof, so we pushed and pushed and squeezed it into the back. Then Mike had to get the back window shut. Watch out for you fingers!!!!

As Mike drove off I realized he was leaving for La Ventana in less than two days. Mandy, Mike's girlfriend, said to him, "You've already left (in your mind) for Mexico." He actually starts the drive in about 30 hours. He plans on taking about three days to get to the end of the Baja peninsula.

For the rest of us, we depart in about a week. It's going to be a long week because all we can think about is.....
La Ventana, La Ventana, La Ventana, La Ventana.

We have La Ventana on our mind.