Photo courtesy of Ron Ghere.  Obviously this is not MY photo of the day since I'm in the boat coming right at the camera, Y Flyer 2802.  But we're taking some time off this summer for our "other" sailing lives and going to race Y Flyers at Chippewa Lake, OH.  Summertime, skiing, relaxing, spending time with family and friends and racing one design Y Flyers.  Nothing better!  

And I wonder why I can't interest David in leaving the lake!  Here we've each just finished a slalom ski tour of the lake & now we're lazing around in the heat of the day.  I can recommend retirement!

Gilly and Maggie can't wait to go down the slide and have David catch them!   Yes, this is why we're commuter cruisers!  

My good friend Lily at 6 years old learned to ski with "real " skis last weekend!  No more skis tied together or U shaped board skis for Lily!  

We love to cruise aboard Winterlude, but we love to race Y Flyers and we love to play at the lake.  I learned to slalom ski a couple years ago and smooth water is a good friend.  David's a great slalom skier, so we skied this morning with family and friends, raced 3 Y Flyer races this afternoon.  What a great day!   :)

Even during a birthday party, sometimes there's just nothing better than a tootsie roll pop!  Granddaughter Gilly proves my point!  

Happy Birthday Rowan!!!   It's amazing how much icing a baby can get all over himself and have such a good time!   Forgive me for not posting for a while ... for some strange reason Firefox is not displaying my New Post button anymore ... Safari is but I still haven't figured out why!   Ggggrrrrr!!!