Tuesday, September 07, 2010
All Sailors Safe and Happy...Deep Men of the Deep 2010
The 2010 sailing on Kootenay Lake has sadly come and gone. All hands (and feet) have returned safely ashore. One of the heads, the bald one, has some scabs - why do they make the ceilings so damn low in boats?
The weather was perfect (hot sunny days and cool, starry beyond belief nights). Deckhands Gary and Mark bunked on the roof of the Cameronian, listening to the lapping waves and seeing the pristine shore and sparkling water by moonlight. One of them snored loudly...
The weather was perfect (hot sunny days and cool, starry beyond belief nights). Deckhands Gary and Mark bunked on the roof of the Cameronian, listening to the lapping waves and seeing the pristine shore and sparkling water by moonlight. One of them snored loudly...
There were hikes to waterfalls (see below), excellent cuisine (see below), euchre games (if Gary is not your partner, you win), martinis in the afternoon...HUGE fish to catch (see below) and even HUGER stories to doubt (er..tell). For those who know the lake, we nosed ashore for nights at Coffee Creek, Sawmill Bay and Campbell Bay.
Lots of burdens in life. Lots of worries to carry for any thinking person. Lots of duties and busy-ness. But not for these days on the lake.
View from the wheelhouse
Moonlit waters of Kootenay Lake 
Mark indicates all is good...
You had to be there to see how large it really was...(not my foot!)
Powder Creek - one stage of the falls
Pesto a la Chef Ames
All good ships have their traditions - some include olives on little toothpicks...
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Good friends, good drinks, good food, star-lit skies, good stories... who could ask for anything more?
It's always sad for such a trip to end, but at least you have something to look forward to having next year.
It's always sad for such a trip to end, but at least you have something to look forward to having next year.
a fine way to end the summer.... and fortify yourself for the winter.... i love that part of BC.... enjoyed a vicarious spin around the lake with you and the fellows. and the giant fish.... was deeee-lish!
how did you get so lucky, gary?
that sounds like so much fun.
i envy you your summer.
maybe one day i'll have a summer like that. maybe with mojitos, mai tais or bloody marys instead of martinis, but i think i can learn to love them as much as you do.
if you don't take the time to enjoy life, when will you?
maybe next year.
that sounds like so much fun.
i envy you your summer.
maybe one day i'll have a summer like that. maybe with mojitos, mai tais or bloody marys instead of martinis, but i think i can learn to love them as much as you do.
if you don't take the time to enjoy life, when will you?
maybe next year.
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