Up at 4:30 this morning to meet Jeff and David and do some surfing at Crescent Beach. COLD! We drove through some snow on the way up to Port Angeles, but arrived at the beach to a beautiful, sunny (albeit, windy as hell and COLD!) day. We were the first ones in the water today and had the beach to ourselves for about an hour. On the incoming tide, it was chaos. David and I got beat up for awhile until we moved down the beach. Up to now, my 1.5 mm gloves have been plenty warm, but with the wind and cold, my hands got a little chilly. No matter, we caught some nice rides once we moved down the beach and the outgoing tide seemed to smooth things out a bit. At the busiest point, there were no more than 10 people in the water (and most were kayaks, including myself). We passed on the hot showers at the RV park, had a Pacifico, then kept the Mexican theme going with tacos and beer in Sequim. With the early morning start, I still made it back to Bremerton to catch Ryleigh in an abbreviated version of the Nutcracker at the Festival of Trees. Man I love the North Coast dawn patrol surf trips.
Today we got the trees - a Grand Fir for the living room and a Noble Fir for the entry way. Even Rosie got in on the fun. Isn't that a cute sweater? Mom took the picture. We had hot chocolate and espresso drinks while warming up after getting our trees and spent the rest of the day putting them up and decorating. I got the lights up last weekend, so we're in full on Christmas mode. Cheers!!! 
Here's a picture from the day after Christmas last year. My Father-in-Law, Larry, and I went for a paddle near the great bend of the Hood Canal. The day started warm and calm -- summerlike conditions. By the end of the 2 hour paddle, the wind picked up and the 2 ft waves created a great paddling challenge for the team. 
I forget the name of the break -- it's right by the Devil's Punchbowl a few miles north of Newport. 
