ironically, with the man himself off patrolling the beach, just moments after taking this photo I had to rescue the lifeguard’s own rowboat, as it floated away on the incoming tide...the wooden craft proved heavy too, but managed to drag it back a yard or so..

summer scenes like this are now a fading memory, with rain and cooler air settling in...but I’ll be flying off very early tomorrow to visit my son in Colorado, where the forecast calls for sunny times...will be back at the end of the week with pix from the continental divide