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Saturday, May 14, 2005
Gordon's Pond, DE Sunny, 70sF, light winds Knee to chest, water in low- to mid-50s See below
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Nice
southerlies. There were some semi-wind protected spots on Sat if you
knew where to look. Very glassy offshores on Sunday, extremely clean.
Many, many thanks to host and hostess, Chet and Barbara, and an extra
special mahalo to Barbara for bearing up so well with a houseful of ASC
misfits. It was a pleasure to reunite with ASC people, new and old,
ones I frequently see and others that I rarely see. Sorry to miss so
many from the early years that were unable to make it for one reason or
another: Foon, KC "Dumpy" Filer, Robb "Muffin" Smith, "7/11" Smith,
"Babaji" Walsh, Midnight Monkey Mantay, the many Mikes, "Tuna Hoge,"
Scott Woodling, TimC, ChrisD, and many more (no slights, just old age).
I tooled one of our infirmed members down to the beach, (Tinky) Winky
Carver -- always a pleasure. Others were absent or present: Foon
recovering from hip replacement surgery (absent), Snake suffering
through a foot/ankle injury (present) from an unsuccessful board
dismount that morning, and one other (but once again my memory is
fading).
Everyone wetted themselves in the surf yesterday, including new members
Cory, Tim and Laura. I also met Mike from Newark for the first time. I
avoided getting speared by longhoof Moos. Snake practically sat on my
lap on the porch for nearly an hour (yo leavin' incorrect impressions
in Rehoboth old man!). Chet and I paipo-fished the little swells of
yesterday. Brian Stringer and Giles showed fine surfing form this
morning on the 6"-38" slappers. Laura showed us that she can stand on a
surfboard and is ready to full throttle forward. Tim Guy from the Great
Lakes is already in full throttle and I anticipate he has some fun DMV
days ahead of him (Hatteras GP in Sept, kid!). Jeff wouldn't stop,
anytime, anything. He needs a good spanking! He, Chet and I also
enjoyed good smokes downstairs. Tim and Cory can surf! Enjoyed meeting
Giles' wife (Barbara) - impressed she has a winning ticket from this
year's
Derby ;) Sorry Pat Gentry didn't make back to the Casa de Love - we all
had fun on Saturday at the beach. John Walker is going strong in his
recovery and seemed to enjoy a weekend of wave action, relaxation and
his 2 beers a day. Jersey Mike's board is different - thought I was on
drugs gazing over to half of it from my seat on the beach with the deep
and long concave and hatchet skeg without the hatcheted part. Somebody
called it a Cooperfish, but it didn't look like a fish to me!
Again, many thanks to Chet and Barbara for sharing their love shack.
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Sunday, May 15 2005 Doughville Beach, DE Sunny and light offshores
Smaller but very clean
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Sunday awoke with the sun shining brightly. Bikinis and banana suits strutting along Poodle Beach.
Here is what a Club member had to say:
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"I admit to
laughing several times on the way home last night thinking about 3, ~50
something's sitting on the jetty, holding their own court on the group
surfing yesterday morning. That would be Rod, Chet and myself. It
brought back memories of some 25
years ago doing the same stupid stuff as a teenager on the beaches of
New Jersey: hooting for the good rides and booing the wipe outs. In the
movie 'Field of Dreams', one of the great lines was how baseball
connects people, families and generations with fond
memories of times past. So it is with surfing times such as this past weekend." |
WSD DMV was actually an entire weekend :)
'Twas small, but great fun. Sorry the rest of ya missed it this past
weekend, Fri-Sun! Water has warmed up to mid-50s, maybe, and the air
was streming sunshine in the 70s. Interesting scenery and action along
the
Rehoboth shores. Met someone who *actually* has met the Gleshna.
Grilled fish, chicken and roast pork was excellent and the beer was
chilled.
It was a weekend hard not to enjoy.
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