Corpus Christi from Above

Pretty water everywhere.

P-Camp ’09

Headed to P-Camp ’09 tomorrow.  Let me know if you’re going to be there too.

Snow!

Yay!

Fell off my bicycle

I had a little accident on my way to a triathlon training ride yesterday morning.

I lost traction while trying to slow down going down a steep, wet hill.  I hit the guardrail next to the road, was thrown off my bike, and over the rail.

A number of nice nearby onlookers saw the spectacle, rushed over, and called the paramedics.  The fall obviously looked more impressive than it ended up being: after the paramedics arrived I was able to get up and walk around.  The paramedics were impressed how much worse it could have been.

I was lucky that my helmet and backpack (with running shoes in it) provided padding for much of my body.  Also, I credit years of wakeboarding and snowboarding for teaching me how to fall.  Tuck and roll, don’t stick out arms or catch wrists.

While I wasn’t in extraordinary pain after the fall, I thought a trip to the ER was probably a good idea.

At the ER, I got my wounds cleaned and a tetanus shot.  The doctor x-rayed my hand and found I had fractured my finger.  So my finger was splinted and I now need to see a specialist to rehabilitate it properly.

I got to keep a digital copy of the x-rays, so I thought I’d share them here.

Hand X-Ray 1

Hand X-Ray 2

Hand X-Ray 3

Sunrise

Sunrise from my apartment.

On the water

God, it’s beautiful here.

Just another manic monday

We spent Monday enjoying Tahoe: a morning on the beach reading, followed by twilight golf.

It doesn’t get much better than this.

Wakeboarding

Elizabeth is getting quite good. I wasn’t feeling it today though.

Filling up the boat

80 bucks to fill up the boat. Crazy.

Day on the bay

Had an excellent day learning to sail today. It was a lot easier than I was expecting. The hardest part was learning the language: “tack,” “jibe,” “aft,” “fore.”