After a late afternoon of antiquing with my Mother today, I returned home at the end of a lightening storm. My first clue something wasn't right was when I pulled up to find my big beautiful blue umbrella in the driveway! I was in a panic when I saw that the pole was only half the size it was supposed to be! Luckily it had only come off the second part of the pole and was looking pretty rumpled but not broken. Unfortunately I cannot same the same for my table. This is what I returned home too...
As you can see there's the second part of my umbrella, still in the stand. I can only assume it became air born and lifted the table which stayed behind with a big CRASH!
My chairs were scattered about too! Luckily this is the only damage we had! I have been wanting a new table so I guess this means the hunt is on!
Now back to my original post! What do you do when it's miserably hot? I spent part of the day sitting around the house as usual whining about how hot it is and how we do not have a pool. That is, until the Mr. told me to pack it up we were going on the lake. Fortunately there was a small enough breeze to make it less miserable then sitting in my back yard and the water was exceptionally comfortable when the breeze died down and we jumped in.
This past weekend our club was hosting our annual Thistle Regatta. These are smaller racing sailboats. This particular fleet has a large following of dedicated sailors who travel these regattas from state to state. This year was our smallest turnout of only 17 boats total. They guessed it was due to the heat as most of those who travel to our club usually camp out for the weekend. They had a great time and were able to get in all their races despite the heat. Here's a few photos of their last race on Saturday from our perspective on our boat.
I apologize for the photos but I have a real problem taking these photos when our boat is bobbing up and down in the water. Additionally when the sun is shining I cannot see what my lens is focused on so it's a gamble at best.
These are the Thistles going down wind with their colorful spinnakers out!
I love seeing these colorful sails!
The pontoon in the middle is holding our race committee members.
I am very pleased to see I actually was able to get any shots at all. I literally could not see what I was shooting!
This is towards the end of the race as they were dropping sails and some were being towed back in. The Thistles do not have motors to cruise back in when they are finished and usually sail in if weather permits.
They are pretty boats and fun to watch but a bit too small and tight for me! I like my leg room!
After they left we jumped in the lake, cooled off, turned on our motor and headed back home.
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Stay cool!
Mary