Published by anne April 5th, 2007
in General.
My friend Patti Hook, who lives and surfs the Outer Banks of North Carolina sent me some photos of her recent trip to mainland Mexico. 
She went down there with four other OBX surf gals- Leanne Foster, Kim Franks, Ashley Barnes, and Jessica Delosreyes. Needless to say they scored, and I was drooling over the photos, so thought I’d share. I asked her for some more details about their trip and this is what she had to say….
“There were people at Nexpa from all over but it wasn’t crowded
considering the quality wave. Guys from Israel, Aussies, Brits, couples that drove from the Northeast, etc. We stayed in Troncones but it was small and we checked the swell maps and decided that the swell was going to hit in Nexpa and got up there in the afternoon while the swell was building but windy. The next morning it was firing and we got about seven hours of surfing in before the wind came up around 3 or 4pm. We had a oceanfront wood cabina for cheap and laid around in hammocks and had a fire pit out front. It was real mellow and I was totally relaxed when it was time to go home.
The swell lasted three days and then we headed back to Troncones for one last night where we had to carry a certain short person (actually drag) back to the house after we left dinner/drinks! We flew out of Zihuatanejo/Ixtapa. No one bothered us and I felt very safe the whole time unlike other places. I was real surprised how mellow it was for five girls to be driving in Mexico with no problems even with Federale check points.”
Nexpa anyone?
Published by Ocean April 5th, 2007
in General and Ocean's oasis.
Well it’s time to speak out about the dog and cat food situation. Many of you know that Leigh and I have 2 dogs,4 cats,2 red eared slider turtles,and several goldfish. Luckily the fish and turtles aren’t affected by the bad food. We spend a little more money to feed our cats and dogs a high quality dry food,Nutro and sometimes Solid Gold. Nutro has been awesome,one of the cats suffered from a food allergy which caused hair loss and after being on the food for several months,her hair came back. The food works. I am really pissed off to know that the company we have trusted, has been purchasing indegredients from China,which doesn’t have the same laws as the United States. Now why in the hell would the company do this, knowing that China doesn’t have the same regulations? That is what angers me more than anything. We switched foods and now come to find out, that company buys wheat gluten from China too and has a voluntary recall of some of it’s products. Yesterday Quest,my big,old, stubborn Border Collie threw up and didn’t eat,nor did she eat today. She got into something nasty outside night before last and has been on antibiotics so I’m hoping that’s all it was. She hasn’t been herself today so just to be safe,I’m calling the vet tomorrow,now that I’ve seen the latest recall. Our younger,smaller dog Blue seems okay so far so I’m hoping Quest’s stomach is just upset.  In the mean time,I’ll be making dog food and I won’t be using anything from CHINA!
