04/30/2009 11:14:18

Last weekend... it wasn't warm.  We had plans to get up early, take our boat down to Pueblo Colorado - about a 60 mile drive.  The weather wasn't looking too good, chilly, some rain and perhaps snow in the air.

But we packed up the boat, made ready and headed out.  Once there we looked at rigging the boat - since we'd made arrangements the week before to store the boat in a dry storage on the trailer, rather than in a slip.  We figure it's ok to launch and retrieve the boat this summer and save some cash instead of keeping her ready and in a slip.

Perhaps we'll rent a slip next season - not sure yet.

We spent the better part of an hour trying to make a decision based on the weather.  Some other sailors were setting up for a race and promised it would "warm up".  It actually didn't until the next day, Sunday... but in the meantime, we decided not to try and didn't even raise the rigging and step the mast.

So - THIS Saturday, we're headed down again and will step the mast and try to get things ready to go.  However, it's threatening rain and thunderstorms - though the chances are low.  We'll see.

I don't want to be in the water, in Colorado, at 8000 feet above sea level in a Colorado Thunderstorm.  Call me chicken, but one of my other hobbies is Storm chasing and I really don't want to be the one being chased!

We will see.

Rick