Easy days in Barnstable

Before being pushed away from Provincetown by Hurrican Bill, and while services for Eunice Kennedy Shriver were happening only a fw miles away, Carmi and I with kids, cousins and siblings retreated to a little known gem of a place off of Barnstable. It is a protected five mile long and mile wide harbor that is shallow and too tidal for most motorized and keel boats. But for rowers it is perfect. We rent a place that overlooks it with a boat shed ideal for our shells and random kayaks. You live in tee shirts and bathing suits, letting the tides decide the priorities of the day. Next year we will try to organize a row in with R & R's new trailer that will be able to haul six or eight shells (any other board members listening?). Because the water is usually flat, it is a grand week to work on form --all the things that Emily listed so well when she wrote of taking out the Ace. So, with Carmi in her Aero and me in my Empacher, someone snapped the photo here of us heading out in the morning. Nice water, eh?