September vacation with wife & kite.
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 12:40 am
This is my first post after riding & lurking since Nov 2007. I mostly ride lakes around Dallas with occasional trips to SPI.
I'm planning a 7 - 10 day trip with my wife either week of 12 Sep or 26 Sep. First priority: happy wife. Second priority: riding flat water. What does happy wife mean? Party scene doesn't matter, beautiful area for her photography does. I'll get more riding time if we stay a *very* short walk from the beach. A few good activities nearby would help a lot too.
I'm considering hatteras, south texas, and caribbean. Open to other locations - must be reachable on American Airlines (frequent flyer miles). I've seen the thread on vacation destinations by month and recognize that September isn't exactly prime kiting time in the caribbean, and it's hurricane season - but my wife automatically likes the exotic factor better than south texas.
My alternate option is a cruise from puerto rico through St Thomas, St Kitts, St Marten, St Lucia, and Barbados. I'm not sure whether it's even worth bringing the kites on that trip - but it does provide beautiful beaches for my wife's photography - and it gives us a chance to scope out the islands for a later trip to spend a week in one of them.
Any suggestions?
I'm planning a 7 - 10 day trip with my wife either week of 12 Sep or 26 Sep. First priority: happy wife. Second priority: riding flat water. What does happy wife mean? Party scene doesn't matter, beautiful area for her photography does. I'll get more riding time if we stay a *very* short walk from the beach. A few good activities nearby would help a lot too.
I'm considering hatteras, south texas, and caribbean. Open to other locations - must be reachable on American Airlines (frequent flyer miles). I've seen the thread on vacation destinations by month and recognize that September isn't exactly prime kiting time in the caribbean, and it's hurricane season - but my wife automatically likes the exotic factor better than south texas.
My alternate option is a cruise from puerto rico through St Thomas, St Kitts, St Marten, St Lucia, and Barbados. I'm not sure whether it's even worth bringing the kites on that trip - but it does provide beautiful beaches for my wife's photography - and it gives us a chance to scope out the islands for a later trip to spend a week in one of them.
Any suggestions?