The Weekend

This is our 340 Sea Ray Sundancer. Our boating buddies took pictures of us last weekend as we cruised to Ebony Boat Club for our fantastic weekend of boating fellowship and lots of great food. I needed a picture of our boat for next years club roster as I'll be the commodore and it's customary to have your boat along with a picture of you and your spouse as part of the roster. The first one is the one we chose as it really captures the boat the best. You can click on any photograph to biggify.



On the bow starboard side you see our club flag with red, blue and yellow. On the bow port side you see my vice commodore flag. These flags are how we recognize other clubs and their ranks. When you cruise into another facility you fly your flags. Also if you look hard enough you can see me driving the boat. In the last picture you can see Mount Diablo. A very photographed and painted mountain.

The weekend was fun and everything went well, but we had some WINDY weather. Sunday evening through early morning Tuesday is was very windy. Winds at 30 MPH with gusts up to 40 MPH. If you are inside it's not too bad, but when you are on the water it's dicey. Good sleeping weather though.

Long Weekend

We are off for a long boating weekend. We have a cruise out to Ebony Boat Club and as my regulars know I'm in charge of the party. That event is Friday through Sunday morning and then hubby and I will boat to the Delta Marina Yacht Harbor for a PICYA Delegates Dinner Meeting at The Point Waterfront Restaurant on Monday Night. Since our club is hosting this it's expected that the flag officers attend. I'll be there with our Commodore doing whatever he needs me to do. On Tuesday morning we will boat back to our marina and then pack the truck for our trip home. Five nights of boating. It's wonderful.

Next weekend we are back to the boat and this time we are off to Driftwood Yacht Club for a fund raiser for Dr. Bendsen who is president elect of the International Order of the Blue Gavel. Big stuff I tell you.

Once Upon a Time...

Phil of Phil's Phun posted this joke in honor of me: for my good friend Sandee @ funny comedys so I'm posting this over here too. Thanks Phil.

Once upon a time there was a famous sea captain. This captain was very successful at guiding merchant ships all over the world. Never did stormy seas or pirates get the best of him. He was admired by his crew and fellow captains. However, there was one thing different about this captain.

Every morning he went through a strange ritual. He would lock himself in his captain's quarters and open a small safe. In the safe was an envelope with a piece of paper inside. He would stare at the paper for a minute, then lock it back up.
After, he would go about his daily duties.

For years this went on, and his crew became very curious. Was it a treasure map? Was it a letter from a long lost love? Everyone speculated about the contents of the strange envelope.

One day the captain died at sea. After laying the captain's body to rest, the first mate led the entire crew into the captains quarters. He opened the safe, got the envelope, opened it and... The first mate turned pale and showed the paper to the others.

Four words were on the paper, two on two lines:

Port Left,

Starboard Right.