Results: Wednesday July 1, 2009

Hi all,

Missed you. Well, okay, let's be real, maybe not. What can I tell you about last Wednesday? Let's see. Ringling Brother's elephants were great. The hotdogs at Nathan's with grilled spicey onions were fantastic, but I stopped after two, didn't quite have it in me to compete with the champions and get sixty-plus down. The Coney Island boardwalk and the beach were fun. The tourist shops were just as spectacularly shlocky and chintzy as you would expect. The sea lion show at the aquarum was lots of fun. The ocean? A little on the coolish side but bearable. Highlights from other days? The view from the Empire State Building on a spectacular weather day, people watching in a Times Square closed to vehicular traffic, a near celebrity sighting (well, at least the people near us thought they saw a celebrity, we didn't look quickly enough in the right direction at the right time), incredible traffic, Ellis Island and the ferry ride to the Statue of Liberty, Central Park, Ground Zero, FAO Swartz, more traffic, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Long Island and a little peace away from the hubbub of the City. Did I mention the traffic? All in all, New York being New York in the summer.

But you probably didn't come here today to hear about my vacation. You're probably just wondering where your weekly update has been since last Thursday. Okay, the results are attached. Hope you all had as good a time as we did. Thanks to all who picked up my slack while I was away.

We'll see you at this week's races: of course we start out with Wednesday; then there is a Full Moon Friday Night on July 10th; and just to make sure you don't lack for opportunities, this Sunday will be the second of our Sunday afternoon Midweek Races (this one counts toward the Summer Midweek Series) which will be followed by a potluck picnic.

Hope to see you out for one, or two, or even all three of this week's opportunities. Same Bat Time, same Bat Channel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp4OJXrNtXw

Kent