Nags Head Spring 2017

Barrett & Peggy celebrate their 50th Anniversary with windsurfing friends at Nags Head on the Outer Banks.

Windsurfing house on the water
GoPro boom cam - Barrett, Alain, Eric
Peggy & Alain taking shore break
Barrett carving 84 liter wave board
Nesting dove under our house got used to gear being hauled in and out.
Exhausted after sailing
Brian & Adam. Brian, owner of Ocean Air Sports, stops by for sunset sail.
Nice jump by Brian with triple-fin board.
Alain dialed in as sky lights up
Brian throws duck jibe with 5.2m sail
Brian & Alain sailing at sunset
Dinner at Lone Cedar watching ospreys nest outside window
Ospreys on nest
Alain jumping
Barrett on 3.7 meter sail as gale-force with churn up Sound
Alain taking advantage of waves to launch another jump
Alain, Barrett, Adam, Eric, photo by Peggy from top deck
Eric
Adam
Barrett, Rhett, Amy, Philip, Ted shop for gear at Ocean Air Sports
50th Anniversary Party for windsurfing friends - Brian & Amy, Ruth & Ted, Barrett & Peggy, Eric, Betsey & Philip, Rhett, Liza
GoPro photo of Philip
Barrett & daughter Kia
Kia windsurfing
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Re: Nags Head Spring 2017

50th? Did y'all get married when you were 5?

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Re: Nags Head Spring 2017

So jealous. Looks like conditions were outrageous.

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Yes, conditions have been outrageous. So far - eleven days of continuous windsurfing. Sail range 3.7m to 7.0m. Around day 8 I was so sore that I promised myself to take a day off, but the wind ramped up to 25-30 mph and I couldn't resist heading back out. The first week was in the upper 70's with a water temperature in the Sound of 80F+. Two days ago a cold front dropped the temp into the 60's, so we're now wearing wetsuits, but the water is still warm.

We got married after our 1st year of college, and despite predictions that it wouldn't last, are still happily married 50 years later.