I haven’t been myself since I got word about a some paddlers I knew in San Fran on Monday. Two men were out in a canoe setting up for a race when they huli (overturned) for some reason. They weren’t able to correct the boat and were in the cold water for at least 30 minutes before someone on shore spotted them. One passed away at the scene and the other has made a full recovery. Thankfully both of them were wearing their pfds but weren’t really wearing the right clothing for if you did end up in the water.

I feel really lucky enough to have paddled with both men/their team at two festivals. Since their team was short some paddlers and I happen to know a few of the people on the team.

RIP Austin.

I don’t hate valentines day, I just dislike it a LOT and it has nothing to do with me being single for the last 3 years. Its just an over rated hallmark holiday. :broken:

On Saturday, I just wanted it to be as low key as possible by just head to practice and do nothing for the rest of the afternoon as Sunday was fully booked with family. When I got home from practice, My brother called and asked if I wanted to meet up with him and our mom for a late birthday dinner. I was like okay since I wasn’t able to see him earlier in the week. Bad idea all the places we wanted to go for dinner had an waiting list from anywhere from 1-2 hours. Ah, no thanks!! So we headed to McDonald’s and had ourselves a sundae.

This morning, the three of us jumped onto a ferry and headed over to see our last living grandma and our uncle who we haven’t seen in months as well my dad and his 2nd wife. We are all treating it as lets do a visit now as we don’t know when she’ll be kicking the bucket. She told me today that she loves being a great grandma.