I'm sad not being at CCA. The club is a ghost town.
Last year I was too involved with other stuff to even notice but this year, I'm feeling it. I paddled tonight and it was so weird with not even one paddler there. It was nice to see Tamlyn and Rory when I came in off the water though.
There was a straight south wind on the lake. Bathtub wash around the harbour but good once I got 3km out. I think the sailing club was doing big-boat lessons. There were three 20-30 foot sailboats doing big loops between Lakefront Promenade and the Ridgetown. I saw some collapsing sails and one looked like it was going to keel right over before it slowly righted itself. Everyone talked about how cold it is but I was wearing my same tank and shorts as always. The water definitely felt warmer so the air must have been cooler but it was comfortable.
All the fisherman were way out - in fact I didn't even catch sight of them until I crested the horizon line at 2.5 km. A beautiful night for a paddle.
When I got back to the club there was a group of boys and their parents waiting to go out in dragonboat. Well, the boys were waiting to go out in dragon boat. The parents were having happy hour up in the lounge. I'm not sure what the group was but there were some familiar faces running the program.
Wishing you guys great races and lots of fun at nationals. I'm going to try and make it up there for finals but it'll be tough. Even though Sherbrooke has an airport, there are no charters flying into it. I hear the course is pretty amazing - good viewpoints and deep lanes all the way across. I don't think we've ever had nationals ther (maybe just Trillium or Cloverleaf?). I heard as many strategies for junior and senior party as I did for race plans. I want to hear all the stories when you come home!