2021-07-10 - A nice day for a visit

Pigeon Lake - Brad's Place

Ted's Report:

The forecast was for 20 gusting to 35 for most of the day, so I loaded my gear and drove to Brad's, arriving at about 10:30.  Blaine was already there and rigged, but said that the wind had dropped since he had arrived.

The water was pretty calm, although not waterski calm.  Brad wasn't as enthusiastic as Blaine, or maybe he was just preoccupied because he was replacing his front cabin window.

It wasn't quite water ski weather...but close...

Ross arrived and said that Matt was at the boat launch.  Apparently, Matt had tried to go out with a series of larger and larger kites and then had given up.  Matt showed up for a short visit but then went home.

Blaine and Brad - Installing the new front window!

We all rigged (except for Brad).  Ross was showing off his new Moses foil and Sabfoil board.

Ross's new foil!

Ross's new board!

Andreas arrived and decided he would go out on his 10m kite.  He got the kite in the air a few times, and almost got up, but not quite.  After an hour or so, Ross and I took Brad's boat to pick him up.  He was almost at Mission beach on the West end of the lake.  He was being chased by several dead whitefish that were floating with him.  Brad said that the hot temperatures have resulted in many of the bigger older whitefish dying.  There were lots of them floating in the lake and drifting to shore.

Andreas - in the distance....

Andreas drifting with the dead Whitefish

Andreas - happy to be "saved"!

A storm was approaching from the West.  We had fun tracking the lightning strikes on our Lightning Tracker App, and Brad took some timelapse photos of the clouds.  We then realized we had better start packing up or we would be caught in the storm.

Ross, Andreas, and Blaine

We got things put away just in time.  Andreas and Ross left as they had dinner commitments.  I stayed until about 3:30 and watched the storm with Brad and Blaine from the comfort of Brad's cabin.

As Ross said, it was nice to sit and visit.  Usually, we are all so focused on getting out on the water, that other than possibly a short "debrief" after sailing, we never get to visit!

It was a nice day, even though I didn't get wet.



  


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