Hurricane Earl

Around 11:00 am (EST) this morning we were out on the ocean side of Stocking Island in Elizabeth Harbour. About 300 miles east of us Hurricane Earl was passing in full force. We've been really blessed with the path of this storm. It's pretty cool to see all the waves and swells that the storms bring, and our surfers in the area get..."Totally Stoaked" to ride the big waves out here. Of course my camera battery died right after I got this one shot (and my backup was at home) so I didn't get some of the great shots that I was wanting...the waves were really great. Living down here really spoils you to the flat calm waters, so these big waves are a treat to see from time to time.

We hiked up to a lookout tower this afternoon to see if we could get some good shots, but my zoom isn't that strong :) It was still pretty cool though. The winds had already started to die down at this point and the storm had pretty much passed over. We really haven't gotten much rain yet either (which we were hoping for). 

Our prayers are that the rest of the storms out there will blow around as nicely as this one has, and for protection for all those in the paths. We are happy to say that we don't have any kayakers or sailors out there in these waves right now.