In a truly mystifying turn of events, Rimas has cheated death once again.
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Jen and I took the weekend off from sailing to go to the boat show in Annapolis.
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I didn’t get to sail this weekend, but I spent a lot of time following (and not following) Rimas.
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Experience has taught us that sailing on the Fourth of July is just not our scene, but there are always OPBs.
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The drift continues.
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The absurd refrain of “weekend coastal storms” kept us from sailing Fortuitous once again. Rather than be cooped up in the house, constantly reminded that we can’t sail, we decided to take an impromptu drive to anywhere.
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Somewhere in the pre-dawn light between Flagstaff and the California border, the train ground to a halt. I had given up on sleeping in my semi-reclining coach seat by day three of this trip and had surreptitiously made my way into the vacant snack car to try to stretch out in a booth. Even after winning the last…Continue Reading “May Showers”
Or: Making Interactive Web Maps with USGS Topobathymetric Lidar Data
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I’m writing this in an active thunderstorm. In February.
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This title sounds somewhat like “a sail of two sillies” said with a certain speech impediment, and while that may accurately describe the crew of Fortuitous, in this case I’m referring to Tilley hats.
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