Metaplanar Babel

Well, it’s finally almost here. Jon and I are going on vacation with his family (all 14 of us!) to Nags Head in the Outer Banks, N.C.. Fortunately for our sanity, since 4 of those 14 are children below the age of 5 (boys all, oi), Jon and I will have our own “townhouse” for a week. We’re going to be right next to Jockey’s Ridge, the tallest natural sand dune system in the Eastern United States. In fact, we can see it easily from Google’s nifty satellite map system. That little grouping of roads and buildings to the west/southwest of the dune is the “community” where we’ll be staying.

I don’t think we have any real plans as of yet, though Jon and I will likely spend a fair amount of time on the dune. I really want to get a neat kite (there are all kinds of cool kite shops down there) and fly it on the dune. Jon says he wants to go hang-gliding from the top, but I’m not sure about that one. Jon’s step-father is going to teach us how to sail in his little sailboat (it fits about 2 people), so that should be fun. Other than that, no plans. I’m sure we’ll spend some time with the family, but hopefully we’ll have some time to just do our own thing too. I think that’s why we like the dune so much. It’s so big that the whole family could be out on it and not see anyone else.

We’re going to be gone for a full week - we’re leaving tomorrow (Saturday) and coming back the following Saturday, just in time to have another day off from work for the 4th of the July. God bless America~ Anyway, we won’t have internet down there, so the blog will be a very boring place. Hopefully I’ll remember to take my camera with me and get some pictures so you all can see what we’ve been up to. I just know you’re ecstatic, but please.. try to contain yourselves til we get back.