Monday of the Labor Day weekend. I had been studying the forecasts for New Hampshire and RI all weekend in anticipation of catching some decent surf from the low out at sea. The surfing bug gets me every year around this time, because I know that any of these weekends could be my last surfing of the year. Newport didn't pan out from our trip to Mattapoisett, but we got back Sunday night and the waist high swell was still happening on Monday. So we set off after lunch for Jeness, since the tide was on it's way in (eventually). I talked the parking lot attendant down from $10 to $5 for the "afternoon rate." Even $10 isn't bad compared to Newport rates of $20. The day was fairly humid with temps in the upper 70's, 10-15 mph sideshore wind out of the SW and the water was warm. Waves were semi-choppy about knee-waist high with an occasional chest high set. Most of the smaller waves required too much paddeling for a short ride. These are the kind of waves I learned to surf on. I got a couple of nice lefts on some of the bigger waves. It was fun surf, but a lot of waiting for the right size wave. I gave Melissa and Evan running rides on the tidal flats on the boggie board. Feelin' pretty sore today. The "Summer Sessions" surf shop moved into the plaza across the street..scored a great location. We went to Las Olas Taqueria which was really good.
