Final DS design, name

[A Black Falcon]

*pictures ABF in a tent out in the woods while it's pouring down rain cursing his SP's rechargable battery*

Being in a tent in a rainstorm is quite unpleasant... :)

I went to the beach before [Hunting Island, South Caronlina] and we stayed at my relatives' house. With electricity. And electrical sockets. For charging batteries. Anyway, I really loved playing around on the beach and floating around in the ocean while I got tossed around by the waves. It's probably because it was the first time I'd ever been to the ocean and because the biggest body of water you see in southern Oklahoma is a really shallow river and sometimes a lake.

Our family has had a yearly summer beach vacation almost every year since my mom was little... it always used to be to Cape Cod, but about five years ago we switched to Chincoteague, Virginia. I loved Cape Cod... it was our family, the families of both of my moms' siblings, and my grandparents. And some other relatives visited. Two weeks each summer. :) Being in the ocean is fun when I have someone to play in the water with... generally my little cousin. So I don't hate beaches. But I still like to play gameboy on them sometimes. I know that in our week of beach vacation this year I got quite a bit of playtime... had to change the batteries. :)

Reading books is another great thing to do on the beach.

Outside... sure, I don't do anything outside on my own volition, and I do not exactly do much outside. But I obviously do some... for instance, at school it's like a 10-15 minuite walk to class... that fact meant a lot more walking than I used to do, so instead of (like is typical) gaining 15 pounds in my first year of college, I lost 15 pounds. :) Anyway, our family has often done things outside. Camping? Not every year, but frequently. We camped a lot in several of our vacations over the years and for some years we spent Labor Day weekend camping with our relatives...

I also do like to cross-country ski. We generally have a ski weekend vacation sometime in February or March... I just do cross country. Never been downhill skiing.

Hiking... once in a while. Not long distance or anything, but it can be nice once in a while... as long as it isn't too hot. Same with biking. I wouldn't want to do it when it's in the mid 80s out! When it's that hot I want to be inside with the fan on. :) Hiking is best in fall, really. Though summer can be cool too plenty of the time... not now, though. For Maine mid 80s with a lot of humidity is defintely not normal... luckily...