GREETINGS FROM LAKE LOTAWANA

We're here! Single-handed Nationals at Lake Lotawana. The boats are unloaded and ready to go.

We arrived shortly after the Friday practice race so it won't be until the first race tomorrow that we learn first hand about the shiftiness of the lake that we've been hearing so much about.

The drive up was relatively uneventful despite much promise. Sitting in the passenger seat at midnight reminded me of driving with my mother when she began to lose her night vision and a left hand turn across traffic landed us on top of a median like a stranded turtle. Yeah, it was sort of like that. There was alot of construction during Doug's shift and alot of the highway is actually one lane on what used to be the shoulder. Thankfully, we arrived safely in Tulsa for a brief overnight and a mix up put us in a hotel room big enough to house the entire Butterfly fleet. Now we're being put up in Missouri by a former Texan.

We're off to a good start!