1 year ago today I bought my first sailboat. It was a 1970 Hurley 18. I drove down to the Texas coast and hauled it all the way back to Amarillo. I lived on it for 2 months until I decided that it was too small for a circumnav. and ended up selling it to a cool old guy up in Guymon Oklahoma.

Living “on the hard” – AC Student Activity Center parking lot

Today was the last day of summer for all of us college kids at West Texas A&M University. Tomorrow we head off to class for to learn our letters and our numbers. I hate the end of summer – the only semi good thing about it is that I can grow my fur out. Here’s to a mild winter and all the fun were gonna have next summer.

The sea is selective, slow at recognition of effort and aptitude, but fast in sinking the unfit.

- Felix Riesenberg