Charlene Chavez Photography

Congrats to these Boys of Summer for making the 10 Year Old Almaden Baseball All-Star Team!  It was a good game to watch just because my son wasn’t playing, especially pitching, so I didn’t have a nail biting time while there.  I’m sure you mom’s know what I’m talking about!

The sun was out, the sky was blue, the smell of fresh popcorn was in the air and every now and then a whiff of hotdogs on the grill made my mouth water .  Ahh, those good ‘ole memories of baseball that I surely miss!  Had to watch my girlfriend’s son play just so I could get dust in my eyes, ha ha.  While there I took pics but didn’t move one bit so these were shot through the fence where I was sitting.  Enjoy!

My Brother-in-Law is a phenomenal sailor. In his second Singlehanded Transpac Race, he left San Francisco Bay on June 30, 2012 and his destination being Hanalei Bay. He’s still out there racing and you can follow his blog and track his race as well. The name of his boat is Rushmoore. Note: If you go to the tracking site, scroll over each boat to view names and drop and drag mouse to move ocean scene.

What an exciting adventure! Go Ruben!!!

Below is info I copied from his blog and can be found here. Photos sources unknown at this time.

“This is Ruben’s second Singlehanded Transpac, his first race was in 2008 aboard Sparky, a 22 foot Pearson Electra. He sailed fast and hard for the first half of the race and for the second half he sailed even harder.

680 miles from beautiful Hanalei Bay, he was dismasted. This slowed him down a bit, but it didn’t stop him. Through courage, determination and just plain strength, Ruben created 3 phases of a jury rig which carried him over the finish line 28 days from the start of the race. Our dear friend and 2008 competitor Robert Crawford, tells the story in his book, Black Feathers: A Pocket Racer Sails The Singlehanded TransPac. You can also view videos and read about it here.”