May 24, 2012
It was a full week, with a visit from my best friend from high school whom I hadn't seen in decades. We had a great time catching up and he helped me out with my current projects. Carol came up right after he left and the good times continued. We took the dinghy to brunch, went browsing the local bookstore, and took a day trip to Santa Paula to check out one of Carol's projects. By chance, we ran into the local Ferrari club whose members had met for lunch at the Glen Tavern Inn where we were also dining. I did my first outrigger race of the season by steering for another club's novice paddlers. They really appreciated my steering and we did very well. If we had all been novices, we would have taken first place! The usual Wet Wednesday sailing race was cancelled because strong winds offshore had generated breaking waves at the harbor entrance. The only sour note came today: my doctor confirmed I have a hernia that will require surgery. Having been through it once before, I'm not looking forward to it.
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Based on number of photos, I'd say Ferrarri's , especially red ones, rate way high in your world!!!
ReplyDeleteSecond only to plywood and epoxy resin!
ReplyDeleteThis was one of the best. Monkey's head is spinning.
ReplyDeleteFirst, reuniting was such a surprise, and he looked happy as a clam in a mud of potato chips.
The rot removal and rebuild. I honestly thought it would be a PITA of a job and take you 4 weeks to get around to it. But wow, awesome turnaround and diligently performed. You are becoming an expert of filling in new ports and old holes that are BIG and BIG JOBS!@
Then there is ferraris. Where did they come from? I could buy a monkey boat for one of those. A new monkey boat so I don;t have to work on it too much filling holes with coconuts and banananana skins
Finally, wow...flowers to close out. Always wonderfully welcome to leave on a good flower shot.
Sorry to hear about the hernia. That SUCKS! I hope your health will recover quickly and you can get back to it. Let us know what you decide on timing.
SM