Night leaving the checkpoint at Miami Photo by Connie-
Our third morning found us in great spirits. We had calculated our ETA to St. Charles around 7:00pm, made phone calls to family and friends.... and pushed on.
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We battled the heat, mused each other with our attempt to stay cool. Mark was wearing multiple shirts soaked in cool ice water. I had a bilge snake wrapped around my neck drizzling ice water into it. We were quite the site.
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Our goal today was to keep it moving and enjoy. We talked for hours, but to be honest I can't remember any of it. I do remember laughing a lot. Humor was our friend. It fought off the boredom, it fought off the heat. It made the hours go by effortlessly.
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We did meet up with Karin one of the race directors that told us the Huki story. The had what was left of the Huki in the back of their chase boat. It looked like scrap material, no resemblance of a outrigger canoe.
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We did have some fun with Doug Berg and Dave Dahl. They were in a faster tandem canoe about 30 miles out from the finish. They were slowly working their way closer. Mark and I would sprint a head almost to exhaustion. We figured if they were going to beat us, we were going to make them hurt a little. We did this cat and mouse antic a couple times before they pulled along side. Their comment was priceless: "Man you must have gotten quite a boost from that discharge pipe. We couldn't catch you." We held back any comments as they went by. They got us at the finish by 25 minutes or so. We were hard pressed to wipe the grins from our faces.
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More to follow...
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Just too much fun! - The Capt'n
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