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Saturday Regatta
If you look at the sails of these boats, you will notice a "Y". That identifies them as Yngling class boats, which is an international classification. You might also notice the "USA" on the sails. If this photo had been taken in Switzerland, you would see "SUI" instead. Or in Sweden "SWE". And so on. Additionally, the number on the sail indicates the hull number. My boat (which is a Catalina 250) has the number 639 on the sail, which means that it was the 639th Catalina 250 to be built.I'm sure you're thrilled by this information, but being an educator, I feel obligated. . .What you are looking at in this photo isn't just any Saturday Yngling class regatta. You are looking at one of the races in the North American Yngling Regatta, which was being hosted by the Okoboji Yacht Club on Lake Okoboji in Iowa. They had a brisk NW wind to sail in and we just happened to be cruising the lake in a powerboat when the regatta started. I wasn't planning on taking photos of a sailboat race and if I had known this was happening, I would have brought my good telephoto lens with me. :-)
Pitchfork Fondue
Take a big cast iron pot, fill it with tallow and heat it to 350 degrees. Then spike a chicken or tender steaks to the clean tines of a pitchfork, put it into the the hot fluid and after a few minutes, this is the result. Oh, and don't forget to throw in a few ears of sweet corn.That's called "pitchfork fondue." Check out this photo of the cooks and the cooker.
Morning At the Marina
Here's another beautiful cloudscape, with Wandering Star washed in deep blue morning light.
A Few of the Ten Thousand Lakes
You probably get bored with my photos taken out of airplane windows. But I can't resist.
She Doesn't Sell Sea Shells
This is Deb, who is intense in everything she does - including searching for shells. A few minutes after I took this photo with my iPhone, I found an iPhone half buried in the sand. Really. A 3GS. Anyone missing an iPhone after a day at Huntington Beach in California?
Beautifully Carved
We were somewhere over the Grand Canyon on our way to California when I took this with my iPhone.