Sakon Waterfront Comes Alive

Longboat parking area is marked and ready for use

Main boat launching ramp is busy, team supplies are being loaded

Pre-race practice is underway

Finishing touches on cheerleading platforms

Calm before the storm

Tropical Storm Son-tinh

Expect cooling temperatures Saturday night through Tuesday. 

Forecasts indicate that the center of the storm will bypass us.  Expect updates for possible changes. 

No weather warnings for Thailand, at the Thai Meteorological Department website at this time

  Occasional rain likely

Birthday dinner party cancelled, alternate plans.

Plans to have a catered dinner party outside Apple's restaurant had to be scrapped as planning got more complicated than it should have been.  The alternate plan is that I will pay 300 baht for food and drink for any FARANG who visits either Apple's restaurant or Pit Stop restaurant on Thursday, November 1.  Both restaurants have a limit of 3,000 baht.  I will not attend either restaurant on that day, instead will attend a private dinner party with my Thai family elsewhere.  My apologies to all who had expected to attend a party.

What went wrong with the party plan.   We've done this before

Blocked two lanes of traffic... traffic cones in place... set up a stage...

...numerous tables

It was quite a while ago, I was sixty then, now I'm  69 

With lessons learned from my mistakes, I'll have better foresight for my '10 years in Sakon celebration.'  Feb 2013

My sincere apologies once more