Another look at the sunset. 

All decorated for Christmas. They had a bit of the holiday glitter out on the roof of the spa. Inside, there was a big, elaborate gingerbread house competition. Perhaps the nicest thing was having a Christmas tree in our room, although it was artificial. 

We spent some time in downtown Ashville doing a bit of art shopping. It was a bit more exciting with the snow showers. We found a great place for lunch called "Fig". Should be a definite repeat! 

Quite the snowy afternoon. This is looking back at the old part of the inn. 

Fishing at Cape Hatteras

I spent this weekend fishing at Cape Hatteras. Andy Overly, a fellow Ganymede Software worker, organized a great trip. I went down on Thursday and came back Sunday. We also had Andy's wife and son, Gary Weichinger and one of his daughters, Gary Forghetti, Frederic and Stephanie Farzanegan and their three children.

Andy and Younghee have a great home in Waves, NC. It fit all of us very comfortably, is full of great entertainment, and is a short walk over to the ocean. They were wonderful for having us and were constantly going out of their way to make our stay awesome. Thanks!

The weather was unreal. It was the first weekend in November, but every day was sunny and in the 70s. It was at least 10 degrees above normal. You can't ask for prettier days.

On Thursday night Andy and I went to the bridge at Oregon Inlet. The night before he had caught 17 and 25 pound Stripers. On this night, we got only a pretty sunset. 

On Friday morning, Andy and I did a bit of surf fishing. No luck catching anything though. 

The night before fishing. You can see a sliver of the moon and a planet (Mars?) before the stars came out. 

Heading out to see as the sun came up. 

Leaving the harbor in the morning.