WOW, times flies, it sure does. We are enjoying life as always and really into a NEW sport now.... Stand Up Paddling. Racing and recreational paddling with friends but always having fun. Mark is more into the racing than I am but I have done well in the ones I've entered. The thing that is the MOST fun here in the Gorge, in the summer-time, is down-winders... upriver (against the current) and with the wind (sometimes up to 35mph!) at your back, riding the swell and trying NOT to fall. Mark is a natural at it; it's been a little more work for me! I have gradually been working my way from the sides of the river to the middle where the swell is cleaner and generally bigger.

The only sailing that we have done is aboard our friend Kent's Santana, Fastbreak. He spent almost 2 years fixing her up and she is a beauty again. We took her out for a maiden sail this month on the Columbia.... loved being among all the windsurfers and kiters and some SUPpers as well...

We will be getting back to sailing in the future but for now are happy to be boat-less and crewing on friend's boats, whether they be motor or sail and to be out there paddling our SUP's!