Heaven and Hell

One of the reasons I bother to drive, semi regularly, all the way up to Lake Tahoe with the paddleboard is the promise of beautiful blue miles of sheet glass. Combined with a warm, sunny day, the often-perfect conditions make paddling on that lake a heavenly experience. But it's not a given.

On Sunday, the 2nd Annual 'Jam to the Dam' paddleboard race brought another opportunity to paddle in heaven, but Wind—the evil one—had other ideas. Thirty mph headwinds and whitecaps make paddling a sort of hell. It was worse on the SUPers, but overall, a lot of the racers struggled with the unruly conditions. And I'm not sure how to feel about this, but I think I found out that I do pretty well in Hell.

80 racers

66 finishers

30 mph headwinds

Multiple Coast guard rescues

I took 8th overall and 3rd in the men's unlimited division.