hot and dry

I've had to water the plants and new grass pretty much every day for the last month. It has been HOT and DRY, with only about two rain events during that period; neither of which kept the ground wet for more than a day. I have however, been watching my plump little roma tomatoes steadily growing and I'm dying to pick the first little sucker than ripens. It'll be the first time in 20 years here that I've been able to get fruit (probably because I've never gone to the trouble of container-growing them where they can get sunlight.) One of the advantages of having time, I guess.

We're pecking away at packing for the Middle Fork trip and I have the double whammy of having to be ready to take back off for Week-of-Rivers when I return.

I did enjoy going to Crabtree Lake the evening before last and grilling a dinner out with the CCC social. It was a laid-back evening. It was obvious folks were getting excited about WOR. GOPC was there coincidentally having a demo day and I got to try out a Pyrhana Ammo (not impressed) and a 2007 model Jackson 4Fun (Very Impressed). One of the CCC folks brought a brand new WS Habitat 74 (lime green, of course) that made me jealous enough to ask if I could try it out too. It's quite different feeling than a planing hull, but it was comfortable, rolled easy-as-pie, and picked up good secondary stability one you got past the primary tippiness. Dream on, I reckon.