Yesterday afternoon Turtle and Fern and I paddled to Little Cortez to check out the reef and do more thinking before actually charging the thing on a good day, and were constantly buzzed by giant C130 flying low and slow and lots of small planes. Also a Coast Guard ship came over and checked us out, but couldn't get over the shallow reef to get to us to either give us **** or ask questions. He must have been wondering why 3 guys were floating over 1km out in the lake on surfboards on a flat day...We figured something was up, maybe a boat sank or something, but now that we know the story its even sadder.
Anyway, people might remember that story I told last year when I was surfing and saw what I thought was a drowned dog... it turned out a day or two later to be some drowned lady when she was found washed ashore down the lake a bit further...now I wish I had got a better look and called police instead of paddling away in disgust and going back to surfing. What I'm trying to say is if you see something weird in the water, it IS something weird. Check it out and call the cops if you think it could be important...or worse, someone. I hate feeling like I have to be a watchdog or lifeguard when I'm in the water, but as a surfer in a region when nobody else takes pro active responsibility for public safety and health thats the unfortunate reality of it.
