Of course, we had to go out on the lake. Except that everybody else had the same idea. We could not get a single docking spot at the bars by the shore!!

with Murali and Joyita. In a sign of how old we are getting, we enjoyed the beautiful evening by discussing a lot about blood pressure and blood pressure medicines!!!

The fall colors on the trees added to the warmth. The lake was virtually empty. In the end, we had such a great time that we realized we were going to be late docking back.

I handed the keys to her and she drove the boat like she had stolen it!!

It was a perfect day with not a speck of cloud in the sky. Got to know aa couple of things about sailing boats from SK. Jay Jay also had some company – Bogga!!

We (Sanjukta, Mrinmoyee, Indraneel, Shantanu) missed Sharmila and Avi (who almost made it)!! It was a good day to laze around in the lake.

Got to see our old friend Ashley at the Twisted Oar after some time. I am yet to catch a moment when she is not smiling!!!

Got some drizzles and a lot of mist on the way out. Was clear and warmer on the way in though. The winds kept the water fairly choppy…

If you had told me – thirty seven years back – that in a future world this classmate of mine from Computer Science days in IIT Madras and I will be riding a boat some day, there would have been no way in God’s green earth that I would have believed you. And then, after a moment of thought, I might have asked you – “Will I be above ‘C’-level?” (ha ha). We were nothing in those engineering days if not full of PJs (poor jokes ~ groaners).