Bill Schell's "BeachWeb" for February 2012
 

Well - it's now later than Mid-February (for all that is worth?)...

We spent the last few days helping-out at a Laser Masters Mid-Winters East sailing-regatta in Melbourne.   Well - there's ALL SORTs of stories we could pass-along and things we might say, and pictures we might publish - HOWEVER, suffice-it-to-say these 'Old-Guys' (Masters (there are some older-ladies who do quite well too)) - but they are all INDIVIDUALS...

AND SOME Individuals travel in quite unique ways with their boats...

These guys are definitely 'expressive' in their tee-shirt-message-choice!

This guy, hired and paid (peanuts) by the Park Service, makes sure that everyone takes care to dispose of their excess food in a suitable manner.  I suspect that is why ALLLLL the Squirrels in this particular park are CONSIDERABLY CHUBBY...!!!

RAIN cycling:  - when I went for a tricycle ride on Tuesday, 7th February - I was able to ride quite a while in the 'dry'.   However, I got STUCK on the way home in the POURING RAIN, and decided that there are several advantages to cycling in the POURING RAIN!...

1.) you get to wear your 'rain-gear' which has been packed-up for MONTHS.  Is the rain-gear still 'o.k.' or has it developed HOLES?

2.) you get to RINSE your Lycra in the POURING RAIN - this is a real advantage since normally the Lycra wouldn't get a fresh-rain-water-rinse it would only get washed with soap... - HOWEVER, while riding in the rain the Lycra and the rain-gear invariably gets DIRTY - riding through the mud-puddles.

3.) all the lights that one NEVER uses get 'tested' when riding in the rain

4.) your TIRES get a good-rinsing so you can really SEE the glass-cuts and other potential failure-points (YES - I probably should change my rear tire today. (since there is an 80 percent chance of rain and a 90 percent cloud cover (and the little downspout next to the bedroom has been gurgle gurgle gurgling all night long.

5.) you can not SEE much of ANYTHING when you ride in the POURING RAIN, - on the other hand this is an advantage because the POURING RAIN chases cars-drivers away - they tend to stay home so the roads are actually much more lightly travelled.

6.) you get to make sure you have enough clothing on since the rain would normally be coolish and it wasn't bad at all on Tuesday.

SO - Bottom-Line - riding in the POURING RAIN is not nearly as bad as it might be?

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Well, we'd been away (in Jacksonville) for a couple of weeks and some other family seem(s) to have moved in and taken-over.... - Here's just one member of that family - others were around, though and they took 'offense' at our occupation of what we thought was our house?

- On the other hand - since we didn't feed them, they seemed especially intent on the squirrels, but ignored the turkeys...???  We did not witness, first-hand, an 'encounter' but we did see these guys (maybe gals? (who knows)) basically ignore the two (wild) turkeys who wandered through...

This guy or gal is quite handsome and if you want a facial-close-up it's here...