Cherry Festival Tuesday Surf & Culture Report
Lost Boys & Co...
Last Saturday found us at the annual Cherry Festival in Emmet, Idaho. We were a bit surprised (heaven knows why?) to be reminded of the San Joaquin Valley. Take for instance the totemic water tower in the middle of town. All it needed was "Pixley" on it. A local fellow, who had already had his fair share of cherry cordial, caught the Professor taking this photo and asked him if he knew how long the water tower had been there. The Professor studied the tower for a moment and said in his best Tulare drawl, "Reckon it's been there as long as people been thirsty." The guy slapped his knee (literally) and said, "That's a damned good answer!" Yeah, he didn't know either...
Back here in civilization, it's overcast with 7 miles visibility. Winds are already lightly onshore by 2.7kts and the sea surface is lightly tacked. The air temperature is 60.5° and the water is 63.1°. High tide is at 8:00am straight up +3.4' and low tide will be at 12:29pm +2.1'. The buoy is reading a W swell out of 265° true at 3.0', but the tide is floating it to 2' to 3' and poor conditions. Today you can take Billy McIntosh's advice and wait a bit and see if it cleans up around the noon hour. If the wind hold back, it might work!
Our second shot is of an ancient kerosene tractor. Now this was fun to look at and they had it "running." Which is to say puttering and sputtering. But really folks, when people tell you that they don't build them like they used to - that can be a good thing...
"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
The Professor!!
Last Saturday found us at the annual Cherry Festival in Emmet, Idaho. We were a bit surprised (heaven knows why?) to be reminded of the San Joaquin Valley. Take for instance the totemic water tower in the middle of town. All it needed was "Pixley" on it. A local fellow, who had already had his fair share of cherry cordial, caught the Professor taking this photo and asked him if he knew how long the water tower had been there. The Professor studied the tower for a moment and said in his best Tulare drawl, "Reckon it's been there as long as people been thirsty." The guy slapped his knee (literally) and said, "That's a damned good answer!" Yeah, he didn't know either...
Back here in civilization, it's overcast with 7 miles visibility. Winds are already lightly onshore by 2.7kts and the sea surface is lightly tacked. The air temperature is 60.5° and the water is 63.1°. High tide is at 8:00am straight up +3.4' and low tide will be at 12:29pm +2.1'. The buoy is reading a W swell out of 265° true at 3.0', but the tide is floating it to 2' to 3' and poor conditions. Today you can take Billy McIntosh's advice and wait a bit and see if it cleans up around the noon hour. If the wind hold back, it might work!
Our second shot is of an ancient kerosene tractor. Now this was fun to look at and they had it "running." Which is to say puttering and sputtering. But really folks, when people tell you that they don't build them like they used to - that can be a good thing...
"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
The Professor!!
