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.