Post Race!

Pauvre bebe

This hurricane is no joke. We stayed anticipating a category 1, but it intensified just before landfall. The eye passed us about an hour ago and the winds on the backside are easily 2x what they were on the front side.

Well, the winds on my backside are stronger, too.

Didn't you get a storm last year, as well, or has it been a couple years?

Ida was 2021, I did not stay for that one.

Ida...no, was that really it?

We had a smaller hurricane hit after Ida, it was one of the Greek named ones. But it was super small.

Hurricane Sapator?

That would be hilarious and terrifying at the same time.

It would wreak havoc, then come back and explain the origin of the terms.

I got rained on over the last couple days. It never seemed to rain hard, but it did appear to dampen some of the fires. The air is now free of smoke.

On the other hand, I was staggering up a stream counting fish. That made my feet mighty sore. The rocky stream wasn't good footing. Perhaps I should start counting fish in estuaries rather than in rivers? That would surely save my sole, so long as I wasn't out of plaice.

Staggering up a stream sounds like a job for the young.

Had to look up Plaice. They remind me of Crappie or Bluegill.

They aren't really my specialty. I knew they were a fish, but I just couldn't plaice them.

Staggering up streams is definitely a job for the young. By the time I got back to the truck, I could barely walk. Fortunately, the two women who were coming up the stream were also pretty done in...though they had walked twice as much stream, to be fair, and it may well have been more difficult stream, at that.

Now that I think about it, staggering up that particular stream probably isn't a job for anybody, young or old. It just wasn't good enough habitat to justify the effort.

Might be time for a management position. lol

A spin on the old adage: Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. Those who can't teach, teach gym.

Would be: Those who can, stagger up stream. Those who can't, manage.

Those who can...retire.

Then, those who can...will bike across the country, but that's a year and a half out.