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RC made wise decision and had 2 races Thursday, although the wind didn't cooperate exactly as planned. The original schedule was for one race Thursday, and one race Friday. Forecasted temperatures were for 104-107 deg or, at least over 100 deg for both Thurs and Fri, and they wanted to try to get us in and out early Thursday, and off the parking lot before the heat of the day. They rescheduled racing to start at 0900 on Thursday, hoping their plan would work. Unfortunately, the wind died during the first beat, the Challenger division couldn't even get off the line, and the RC abandoned the race in swift fashion. We floated around for a bit, then they sent us in for an on shore postponement. The predicted wind was out of the West / Southwest, and we weren't seeing any of that early in the day. They rescheduled us for a 1:00 start. So much for getting out of the parking lot in the heat of the day.
Fortunately, the wind came up, and after a trip back to the campsite to see the girls (who are really doing great, by the way, this camping thing seems to agree with them), they got 2 races off in the afternoon. Did we mention it was a dry heat? Like a convection oven left on long after the Thanksgiving turkey was finished and dessert was served. The weathermark was near the most southern part of the lake and the puffs that came down from the dam were quite something. Weird to have such a hot breeze near the cool water, but smart hydration kept Team FL in the game!
Yummy pig roast and awards dinner, much nicer to have the racing done, and have all the awards presented at this evening event instead of after racing on Friday when we're all hot and trying to get ready to leave. As stated on previous post, Jeff and Amy won the belt buckle for the 2nd time, Davis Island won the Fleet Award, and Team Hobbs takes home the Father/Son award. There were some other awards, too...
It was really nice to have so many boats from FL represented!
Next big things: Wife/Husband Regatta in October, Muscle Shoals, AL We have our lodge reservation, do you??!!!
Sarasota Midwinters in March, Team FL- get your volunteer hats on!
Next NAC, Lake Norman, NC Only 10 hours from Tampa area! Team FL- let's do it again!
Friday, we left the campsite around 8:30 am. Crossed bridge into KY around 1040, or so, we started thinking about where we would stop for the night, and had anticipated we would stop before Atlanta if it looked like we would be in the midst of rush hour on Friday evening, so Adairsville it is! We contacted Amy and Jeff who left after us from IL, when they said they might not be meeting us at the campground (and pool) because of a breakdown. ugh. They were by the side of the road in Paducah, and at the time of this post, it looks like that's where they'll be spending the night.
The new boat is ok, though...there was a wicked 3-way with boats at the end of the regatta. (A wild transport crew shuffle started the regatta...John Kreidler and Tom Lawton rode together to the regatta, Adam Keene flew into Indy and rode with Carrie Carpenter, and Ryan Malmgren and Harry Carpenter rode alone from what I know. Adam ended up crewing with JK, TL crewed for Ryan, and Carrie was with Dad, but back to the boat story...) Jeff bought the new boat Harry brought to the regatta, Mark Taylor bought Jeff and Amy's 4925, and Harry went home with Blastoff - Mark's 4321. Neato!!
We arrived into GA around 4:50 pm ET and one more hour to Adairsville. Harvest Moon RVPark. Good reviews on the site. Has pool, 'nuff said.
6:00 pm ET 105 deg. Forecast is a low of 68 deg. tonight, how can that happen? Unlike Lake Carlyle, we are sweating like "Piggies." The RV did well in the heat, we worked it hard today. By 8:30 pm, we had been in the pool twice. Slight negative, no bevvies allowed in the pool area...we'll get around that somehow, no worries : )
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