the back side of summer
I am back from vacation and feeling a bit reflective. I have plenty of photos and memories to digest as I take in the reality that my week at the beach is over. The overarching theme of the week was heat. I think that, when I wished for it to be hot during our vacation, that I should have been a little bit more specific – perhaps qualifying it with a request for hot during the day for the beach, and cooler as the sun went down. Oh and of course I should have asked for zero humidity. For many of the days I don’t remember the temperature changing much from 9 in the morning to noon to 9 at night. My body had various reactions to the heat. For a few days I was overcome with an exhaustion and at times I would feel a bit nauseated. While I managed to keep from getting a horrible sunburn, my skin did break out in a rash in various places (no doubt a result of spending an extended period of time in the sun for the first time in a long time) and I was unable to be outside at night for long periods of time because mosquitoes seem to find me irresistible.
Other than that, I can’t find much else to complain about. Days swimming in the Atlantic, shopping for needless things, visiting wineries, evenings sharing meals with friends, all made this vacation go down as one of the best I’ve had. Next time I’ll try not to schedule it during a heat wave.
Pictures to follow at some point.
photography, travel | sighclub August 6, 2006