Shelter

You've seen it in the background of a bunch of our beach pictures - our Kelty Cabana (Sun Shelter). La and I bought that sometime between 2001 and 2003 (I want to say 2002) so we could keep the sun off of Marlon and have a place to take a break after surfing. We were in Virginia Beach at the time and it was a great addition to our beach gear.

We saw one of their newer offerings (the Sunshade) shortly thereafter but had other priorities for the $150+ the stores were asking for it. Well the waiting paid off - we finally got ours from Amazon.com for $84!!!! It pays to be CHEAP!!!!

This one will be good for those calm wind, hot summer days when what we needed most was overhead sun protection, not the closed sides of the Cabana.

Unfortunately it is Winter (even down here in the Gulf South) and we may not have an opportunity to break it out on the beach (the North Winds are a howling!!!!), but that didn't stop us from putting the Sunshade up on the front lawn tonight!!!

As we put the new one together, La and I reflected on all the totally radical times we've had in the old tent - and it dawned on us that we'll easily have another ten years under this new Sunshade (all that kiting and SUPing...).

If you've been looking for some shelter at the beach, go out and get one of these today (while they are still CHEAP)!