Many happy days ahead!

I did a 7 mile downwind race this past weekend on my standup paddleboard. It took me around 1:45. I used an 11'6" Naish Hawaii that is meant more for surfing than speed. I found myself one of the furthest guys out by myself for the whole race and thinking about sharks. Last year a guy had to fight off a Great White with his paddle. Above is a photo of a sunfish. As I was paddling, thinking about sharks, I saw one of these things shooting up from depths below and jumping out of the water a few feet in front of my board and then just swimming away. How many of you have ever seen a sunfish? I made it in finally to a BBQ and cold Sierra Nevada so all in all it was fun day.

I had Monday off for Presidents Day. I woke up at 5 in the morning. I never get up at 5 in the morning. I paddled 2+ miles to PV cove and surfed the high tide. Nice day off.

We had the opportunity to visit Palm Springs this past weekend and stay at the Elrod House. We were impressed and hope to upgrade to something like this when we buy our fourth home.

After riding the 525 Kilometers in six days, we finally arrived at Crescent Head.

Look at the "water", the "waves" and the "sky".

This is Beautiful!

The view was even more spectacular from our beach house.

We had a lovely week of rest and relaxation. I never thought I would be so happy for a roof over my head and a washing machine.

This is us in Sydney.

This is Ju on the morning of our arrival. We put together our bikes and rode 2k's to our hotel.

Living in Lennox Head for the next 2 weeks. We have a unit on the beach. Haven't surfed yet as Ian has had delaminated ankles and the surf has been both tiny and then huge this last week. We went for a unsuccessful surf chase today and then rode up the beach a ways on the unloaded bikes.

Our first day should go like this.
Arrive early morning.
Put bikes together at the airport.
Train to Circular Quay.
30 minutes on ferry to Manly.
Ride 30k to Palm Beach.
30 minutes on ferry to Ettalong.
Ride 37k to The Entrance.
Find someplace to sleep and then go eat a roast dinner at the bowling club. Roast beef, potatoes, gravy, mmm. Or maybe a steak with chips. Ice cream. VB.