On my last trip to Lake Tahoe I met with about 1,000 other business owners from around the world. After about 10 days of meetings I took a break and walked out to the pier. The water was so glassy that I had to go in it. I figured nobody would notice me slip outa my dress clothes and go swimming in my BBD’s. Just as I took off my pants a guy came cruzing by on a paddle board.
I asked him
“Brah, Please, Can I borrow that? I’m a surfer who hasen’t been on the water in 10 days.” He said “Sure” , but you can put your pants back on. If you don’t fall you won’t even get wet.”
So I put on my pants and rolled up the legs JNK of E (Just In Case of Emergency).
Luckily, I had tried this stand up paddle stuff once before…(I had fallen so many times.)
As I paddled out into the horizon and looked back at the pier and the Hyatt Conference rooms, I had a big smile!
I was on the water in the middle of Lake Tahoe. It was beautiful. The mountains had snow and the sky was sunny. The water was so clear that I could see the bottom. It must’ve been seventy feet deep! I even saw a flounder on the bottom. (He gave me side eye!)
Then I started to think…”What would happen if I fell in? The water was freezing. Would I freeze before I could paddle back? I looked down and the board started to wobble. Composing my balance I set my sights back to the pier and made it back there. A woman took these pictures as I gave the triumphant petroglypf paddler stance. It reminded me of the time Mark Peleholani and I paddled back to Kure atoll from Beyond the Hawaiian archepelego. But that’s another story…
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1 comment:
The lake is gorgeous. You're lucky you put your pants back on since that flounder was giving you the eye! Funny guy!!
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