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Okay, first, BigBro, the extension cord is looped like that on purpose. You should try it with yours. Here's how to do it - *link*.
Next, here are some more pictures from Florida that I hadn't posted, yet. Taz, if you want me to post your pictures, I'd be happy to do it for you. You can post them on the family site, too.
I'm too tired to write up comments or a story on any of the above. Maybe I'll do it another day when I'm not so blasted tired.
I'm tired because I got to go kiteboarding today! After working on the doghouse from about 10:30 until 3:30, I loaded up the car and headed over to Luna Pier for the first water session of the season. Just after I got there, Patrick showed up and we both set up our second largest kites - mine being the 12 meter Menace.
It really looked good when we first got there and it was... to start out.
 
I didn't get a chance to wait for my gear to dry, so I was really glad that the Matrix has plastic in the back! My gear was wet because I caught a duck, today.
The first part of our session was great! I logged just under 6 miles of riding before the wind dropped a bit. That was okay with me because my feet were a little cold. Just before Ryan got there, I decided that the wind had picked up enough to give it another try. Patrick launched my kite and I walked out to the end of the pier where I jumped in. I'd never done that there before, so I was a little worried when I jumped off because there could have been rocks under the water where I was jumping. Luckily, there weren't any.
I had a great ride down the distance of the shoreline and I turned to come back when my kite fell out of the sky. I relaunched it once and then it fell again. By this time, I was getting close to the rocks. That wasn't so bad, though. I could touch bottom where I was and the kite was pretty far away from the rocks. I got the kite to the edge of the wind window four times after that. Each time, it looked like it was going to launch and then it would dive nose first into the water. I've never seen a kite behave like that. On the fifth attempt, the kite flipped over so that the leading edge was facing me and it was getting closer to the rocks. I was getting cold, having spent 10 minutes or so trying to get the kite relaunched. So, I gave up and let the kite go into the rocks. It wasn't going to re-launch because of the way that it was laying on the water, so I pulled in my safety line as far as I could - just in case - and started winding up my lines.
When I got about 15 feet away from the kite, I found out why the kite wasn't re-launching. There was a dead duck tangled in my lines!! By now, my kite was taking quite a beating on the rocks and my board was getting thrashed about as well. When I finally got out of the water, I pulled my kite over the wall, detached the lines, deflated the kite and made the long walk back to the car. I called it a day shortly after that. Ryan and Patrick were pretty much done, too. Including the walk back, I logged almost 8 miles, today.
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 sopops Mon Apr 07 06:10:37 PM
To Coach TD:
I don't know if Biz told you that I had worked on several projects with your dad, today I was visiting with my old partner Larry and his wife who previously was married to Bruce Havers, he was a an engineer, who worked with your dad at Normans, . Both Larry and Virginia shared fond memories of your dad, he has been missed by us all.
Pops
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 taz Sun Apr 06 09:52:22 PM
WOW sounds like a great session wish I would have been home when you called I want to get more video for you.It was fun just watching you when we where in Florida !!!
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