Vacation – Peter Gowesky

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Refreshed???

September 21, 2010 1 Comment

So, I didn’t pull a Michael Jordan and come out of retirement only to retire just a year later. I know it’s been about a week and a half since my last post, but in that last week and a half my family and I have tried to spend some very specific time of unplugging and resting. We are so blessed to be given some time down at the Jersey Shore and laugh, swim, crab, fish, sleep, refresh, and unplug as a family. So we have been gone for the last week…. At first I felt bad that I hadn’t set up any posts to go live while I was gone, and then I just forgot about it. Intentionally.

Refreshment is an integral part of any persons life. However it is even more crucial for groups of people to do the same thing. Think about it… It’s hard enough to find times of refreshment for your own schedule. Now try and schedule that with 4 peoples schedules. Fortunately for us our kids schedules don’t run our life yet!

What do you do for refreshment? Do you have any habits/practices/disciplines that you have built into your life to make sure that you have significant times of refreshment throughout your life? Let’s hear it.

Here are some of the pictures from our week together! We had a blast!

~Peter

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Pictorial update

August 31, 2008 5 Comments

Here is our “special” treat. FLUSHIES!!!

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Hatteras[Day/7]

June 13, 2008 1 Comment

All I have to say is PACKING DAY! Boy oh boy… I am really tired of packing. Today was a great day. We went surfing this morning, spear fishing after that, and then up to the beach. Surfing was okay. The waves built overnight, and we had a fun little session out there. Spear fishing was weak to say the least. There was a major rip, and it was generous enough to give me my life back! 🙂 I was getting sucked out to sea. Ah well, it made for an even more interesting spear fishing session. The beach was perfect, and the weather was phenomenal. We had an awesome week of weather overall, and a great time together with our family. Noah and Grace love the ocean. It has truly been a great vacation! We drive home tomorrow morning early!

The van is officially packed, minus some pillows. Here’s the official shot of the van…

PA here we come. See you soon Doylestown. Its been real Hatteras.

~Peter

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Hatteras[Day/6]

June 12, 2008 1 Comment

Surf Report: Building… Could be good tomorrow!

Water Temp: Stunning, maybe a titch colder than yesterday, but still great

Air Temp: 88

Weather: Is it possible to have another beautiful day in a row? Hmm? Well, the answer is, YES! Gorgeous…

Fishing Report: Not quite as good as yesterday. Spanish Mackerel are in the water, not on the line though! Tried shark fishing tonight, lost our bait continually, however no Shark on the hook…

Today is day 6. It is the worst day of vacation possible in my mind. You are constantly thinking that tomorrow will be the last day of vacation, and then you are trying to cram all of the things that you wanted to do all week into this one day. Total bummer. It even is worse than the actual last day because the suspense of the day coming is torture! Even though it was day six, it was a pretty great day 6. Noah and Grace were having a great time on the beach, and the water was really fun today. We had a Luau themed dinner tonight. Hawaiian Chicken and Pineapple ca-bobs, as well as veggie ca-bobs. It was awesome.

Here is the daily pictorial update:

Our bathtub at home is not nearly this big!

Tonight we returned to the same spot on the beach to take family pictures with the whole family! All of us trying to smile at the same time! How great is that? Let me tell you what… It was a task and a half. But it went well.

Here is the video… Wait for it to load.

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Tomorrow morning is going to be fun. Spear fishing here we come!

~Peter

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Hatteras[Day/5]

June 11, 2008 No Comments

Surf Report: Just about flat

Water Temp: Perfect

Air Temp: 88

Weather: Smokey from the fire on the mainland…

Fishing Report: Enough Said…

Today was a great day… We had a great day at the beach, a great day behind the reel, and a great day getting our family pictures taken! We had an unbelievable day. We took just about 460 pictures today. Don’t worry, I won’t have all them here for you. I will have a selection of them for you. Check it out… Here’s the daily pictorial update…

Also, here is a movie update!

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~Peter

Feeling far more relaxed today than when we got here on Saturday!

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Hatteras[Day/4]

June 10, 2008 1 Comment

Surf Report: Choppy, and rougher…

Water Temp: Perfect

Air Temp: 86

Weather: Sunny with a few clouds here and there…

So, I’m married to an OLD LADY! Today Tiffany turned a quarter of a Century! I can’t believe it. It was great being able to spend the day with her. I told her that we went on a destination b-day. Today for her birthday we went to an even more desolate island than Cape Hatteras. We went over to Ocracoke which is just south of Hatteras. It is about 45 minutes to get there including a ferry ride. Pretty neat day. We hit the beach for a while, and swam. Then we had lunch together and walked around. We had a great time! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY AMAZING WIFE!

Here is the pictorial update…

A whole bunch of pictures from our day today. A couple of them are from the ferry, and the rest are from Ocracoke. Happy Birthday Tiff.

~Peter

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Hatteras[Day/3]

June 9, 2008 No Comments

Surf Report: Smaller hills than the day before,

Water Temp: Beautiful yet again

Air Temp: 84 degrees

Weather: Bright, with hazy skies…

Fishing Report: Still no fish caught. There are two big rays that keep swimming under the kayak. They are very playful, and freaky all at the same time. Pretty cool though. I wouldn’t mind hooking into one…

So far today we have dug a big hole played in it, and then jumped over big waves! The key phrase of the morning was, look daddy, another huge wave. He’s too funny. Now Grace, on the other hand, has it made. She is under her umbrella just hanging out in the pool. She has zero desire to get out of that pool. It is so funny. It’s like we put her on a three foot leash or something. She stays absolutely put in that pool and loves life! The best $4.95 spent all vacation so far. So after a hard morning of playing this is what we got around 12:45…

They both played so hard. I love when they sleep well! I guess I will do some reading now. I’m reading a book called “Refresh, Renew, Revive” by H.B. London Jr. One of my favorite guys. So, I guess I’m gonna go try and “relax, rest, & read”.

I will continue later…

So, here is the daily pictorial update…

Also tonight Noah and I flew the kite again! He was really excited about it. Here’s a quick video of Noah describing as any 2 year old would describe a kite flying…

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We had a great day today. I am looking forward to tonight. Wii Sports Tournament here we come… LOOK OUT!

~Peter

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Hatteras[Day/2]

June 8, 2008 No Comments

Surf Report: Little hills, no white water…

Water Temp: Beautiful

Air Temperature: 88

Weather: Sunny- Clear Skies

Fishing Report: Nothing caught yet; Saw a huge Ray swimming below the Kayak.

I went out on the kayak for a bit today. I tried catching some waves however, there wasn’t a whole lot to catch… Maybe tomorrow. I started to build and fashion a car in the sand for Noah to play in, but he wasn’t digging the whole car idea. It was more fun to fill in the hole that I had already dug… Unbelievable. When I was a little kid, Uncle Dick, used to dig my cousins and I a big old car equipped with front and back seats. Or maybe sometimes we would get a boat. Listen closely and you too can learn how to build a sand car, or it’s near relative, the sand speedboat. Two basic steps, dig a two level hole. A deep part for your feet, and a shallow part for your rear. Next, take the sand you have removed, and fashion a front. Here is where it get’s tricky. Round the shape in the front for a car, or triangulate the front for a boat! Voila! There you have it. Anyhow, Noah didn’t dig the sand car… Maybe next year.

So here is the daily pictorial update!

So today I accomplished #1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12, and had today’s part of 15. Not a bad day if I do say so myself. A bit of an over achiever today {especially for vacation! I better slow it down…}

~Peter

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Friday’s Randomness

June 6, 2008 No Comments

So here are a couple thoughts of what is going through my mind right now.

We’re painting the Student Center today. I am excited about getting the next phase of the student center started. We are trying to work with a factory or warehouse feel. So the walls will be painted a silverish color. The center wall behind the stage will be a blue color. A whole bunch of people will be coming to help paint today! I am so thankful to have all their help.
Packing for Vacation tomorrow. AH! I’ve got to get the van cleaned out, and then packed up with all of our gear in order for us to get down to Cape Hatteras tomorrow. It will be a great time to relax and rest. I can’t wait.
I’m still thinking about what Pete Wilson wrote in this post. Man that would be an incredibly scary thing to be cast off into the fire. To be cut down and set aside simply because you didn’t abide. To see all the hard work done in ministry set aside; scary, and sad. I’m thinking about how I can abide better today, tomorrow and the next day.

I guess that’s the three pressing thoughts on my mind right now… As an added bonus here is a picture of us at Hatteras on Vacation 2 years ago. With a little tiny noah. Not so tiny anymore.

~Peter

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Seaweed, Salt, & Sand

June 4, 2008 2 Comments

In three days I will be driving down to the distant shores of Cape Hatteras. I am so looking forward to it! Tiffany and I will be going on vacation a little early this year, but man has it come at a good time. I am looking forward to spending time with this woman.

We were sitting talking the other night about things that we were looking forward to doing on vacation. She asked me what I am looking forward to. It was a great question, I thought that I would share it with you. Here it is, the unofficial list (in no particular order) of what Peter is looking forward to doing on Vacation this year:

Fishing
Building Sand Castles with Noah
Knocking down sand castles with Noah
Surfing
Skim boarding
Swimming
Kayaking
Reading
Playing Guitar
Playing Guitar Hero
Spending time with family
Laughing
Eating some good old U-Peel shrimp
Celebrating Tiffany’s Birthday
Eating Breakfast everyday with a cup of coffee

There you have it. The unofficial, incomplete list of things that Peter wants to do while on vacation in Cape Hatteras NC. What about you? What things do you like doing while on vacation?

~Peter