8/3 Island Beach, F 155, 7.5

[John Dubock]

Exactly as Craig predicted, started good, backed off by 12, came back on at 1. Good luck finding parking this year at IB anytime past 11:30am. Some serious bucket chop, an inflatable village in the launch zone, but how good to get out of the 91 degree smog/haze of the Valley. I was weak in the knees by 3pm, a giant cloud arrived over the Cascades. Saw at least two sails at Barbed Wire Beach among the kite crowd...