Speaking of birthday presents, I also got a flint, a knife… and no water bottle. Two out of three isn’t bad, but without a water bottle I’ll never be able to spend the day drinking my own urine like Bear Grylls.
Oh well, I should remember not to get lost until I find myself a water bottle.
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So, I had a birthday the other day. And what better way to spend the day than sailing on the Hudson?
Fortunately, the weather was gorgeous (the first day of what the news was calling a heatwave) and the water calm. Unfortunately, the current in the Hudson is extremely strong and the wind wasn’t particularly blowing. As a result, tacking into the wind and into the current for 3 or 4 hours left us going backwards so far we almost ran into Governor’s Island.
Back on land, all we could do was nurse our pride at one of New Jersey’s fine drinking establishments: The (not-so-creatively named) Sand Bar.
Oh well, it was a great day on the water and I should remember to get some sailing in next time I’m in the Caribbean.
Patrick Bennett has a very bad memory. This site serves as a repository for random items he's run across that he should probably remember.
