Thanks Rice, very nice post! :)
Very much enjoyed your write-ups on the slabs and San Luis. As for equipment, I think you are more than adequately prepared. I am in much the same boat--one board, 3 sails, 1 mast etc. As you noted, it's always a compromise, although I have to admit, I'm a little too old for the van thing ;)
You mentioned Corpus Christi, we were thinking of a run to Padre this fall, but time is getting a little tight. My windsurf buds in CO swear by the place.
How did you like Hatteras? We spent a couple weeks in Ocracoke last year--southern Outer Banks NC. There is a state park there right on the beach (open ocean side). Very affordable. With my father-in-law's senior golden pass (or whatever it's called) we paid $13 a night. It's primitive camping--no electric,h2o etc., but water and dumping are very close and we are well prepared for boondocking--six 6-volt batteries etc. I absolutely loved the place--although I stripped the windsurfer down and just plain surfed. Wave windsurfing is still a bit beyond my capabilities yet.
Edit: threw in a couple pics of Ocracoke--the beach is on the other side of the highest dune in the second pic
Thanks again for the post,
Jeremy