So I know that it has been a long time since my last post. The biggest news of the last two weeks is that the weather has finally gotten nice. In fact, they've been amazing. The last weekend of June was a little rainy so I didn't really do much but relax at home. Saturday, April 28th, I ran a 5k race that was a fund raiser for an organization called Safe Passage which provides schooling for poor children in Gautemala (I believe). I didn't have my best race ever, but I did alright and it was fun. Quite a flat course for New England. There are hills everywhere here. The most exciting part of Sunday was that my landlord had a guy at the house checking the energy efficiency of the house and he had a infrared device so you could see where all the heat was leaving the house. Anyway, he let me play with it a while after he was done. That was pretty sweet. I found that I really do have poor circulation to my fingers and if you look in a mirror with it while wearing classes, your head looks just like a skeleton.
I've also met some people my age to hang out with which has been awesome. I finally have some sort of social outlet, and I don't have to talk to myself as much. The girls have a "girl's night" every Tuesday so me and a couple other guys get together and hang out. So far I've watched The Village, I learned to play chess, and went to see Spiderman 3 (which I recommend). We also had a Cinco de Mayo party with a piñata and everything. Unfortunately, the piñata was broke and candy was spilled without even a swing of a bat. Apparently it was tied up real well. More candy with less effort, can't really complain I guess.
My friend Eric came up from Manchester BTS last weekend and we did some mountain biking at Bradbury Mountain State Park (which I found isn't one of my strongest skills, but I got better) and then went kayaking at my house. Kayaking is much drier and easier on the shoulders if you have a decent paddle. Don't be fooled by the guide books on the view from Bradbury Mountain, you don't really get a good view of the ocean. It was nice nevertheless. On Sunday I went up to Pemaquid Point to see the lighthouse with some friends. It was an amazing area. The rocks around have some unique formations and the lighthouse just adds to the scenery.
The weather continued to be just awesome on Monday so I decided to head out to Morse Mountain/Seawall Beach. Seawall Beach is this great sand beach that is about a 2 mile hike to get to, but there was no one there. It was quite serene. I then booked it up to Morse Mountain to catch the sunset. However, I booked it a little to fast as I got there about 30-45 minutes too early. So obviously I got out of control taking pictures thinking, "I have a digital camera, I can take as many pictures as I want." Which is true, but only as long as the batteries last. As the sun got lower, I got colder (my hands started moving pretty slow) and the worse I had to go to the bathroom. While waiting though I did get inspired by my North Face fleece (which was actually keeping me quite warm). I found that it was printed inside it several places the phrase "Never Stop Exploring." 
It seemed so profound as I was sitting at this awesome outlook that I found watching a spectacular sunset. I learned another lesson, which I probably already knew- The best and most colorful part of the sunset actually comes after the sun has actually set. So as I'm truckin' down the mountain, I look up and see between the trees one of the most spectacular sunset skies I've ever seen, and I had already left my lookout spot and was out of camera batteries. Oh well, lesson learned. I still have time to get back there.
I've also met some people my age to hang out with which has been awesome. I finally have some sort of social outlet, and I don't have to talk to myself as much. The girls have a "girl's night" every Tuesday so me and a couple other guys get together and hang out. So far I've watched The Village, I learned to play chess, and went to see Spiderman 3 (which I recommend). We also had a Cinco de Mayo party with a piñata and everything. Unfortunately, the piñata was broke and candy was spilled without even a swing of a bat. Apparently it was tied up real well. More candy with less effort, can't really complain I guess.
My friend Eric came up from Manchester BTS last weekend and we did some mountain biking at Bradbury Mountain State Park (which I found isn't one of my strongest skills, but I got better) and then went kayaking at my house. Kayaking is much drier and easier on the shoulders if you have a decent paddle. Don't be fooled by the guide books on the view from Bradbury Mountain, you don't really get a good view of the ocean. It was nice nevertheless. On Sunday I went up to Pemaquid Point to see the lighthouse with some friends. It was an amazing area. The rocks around have some unique formations and the lighthouse just adds to the scenery.
The weather continued to be just awesome on Monday so I decided to head out to Morse Mountain/Seawall Beach. Seawall Beach is this great sand beach that is about a 2 mile hike to get to, but there was no one there. It was quite serene. I then booked it up to Morse Mountain to catch the sunset. However, I booked it a little to fast as I got there about 30-45 minutes too early. So obviously I got out of control taking pictures thinking, "I have a digital camera, I can take as many pictures as I want." Which is true, but only as long as the batteries last. As the sun got lower, I got colder (my hands started moving pretty slow) and the worse I had to go to the bathroom. While waiting though I did get inspired by my North Face fleece (which was actually keeping me quite warm). I found that it was printed inside it several places the phrase "Never Stop Exploring." 
It seemed so profound as I was sitting at this awesome outlook that I found watching a spectacular sunset. I learned another lesson, which I probably already knew- The best and most colorful part of the sunset actually comes after the sun has actually set. So as I'm truckin' down the mountain, I look up and see between the trees one of the most spectacular sunset skies I've ever seen, and I had already left my lookout spot and was out of camera batteries. Oh well, lesson learned. I still have time to get back there.Tonight I was able to go out kayaking again. It was SUPER SWEET! The water was like glass for the most part and the weather was perfect. I went to a new area I hadn't explored yet and I'm apparently getting at the whole kayaking deal because I got back to my place and still had plenty of high tide left.
Well I guess that's all for now. Remember: "Never Stop Exploring!"
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