Still a Half-Mind...

After the beer break, Opee live laid the next section through Vlietland. He laid a shortcut for Slippery and her son so they could avoid true trail through the nudist beach, which was surprisingly busy. 

Eventually the trail crossed back over the Vliet and followed one of our usual dog walking paths...

…where we encountered our second balance beam. 

Once back at our house, we had a short circle with the usual beer and junk food. 

Later that night, I arranged Zoom calls with our old hash friends in Raleigh...

…and San Diego (although half of those SDH3 friends no longer live in San Diego). It was the first time we had chatted with many of these folks in years, so it was great to catch up. We especially were thrilled that Rambyte and Mainframe stayed on long after the others had faded. They were on both calls because not only had we met in their kitchen in San Diego in December 1991, but we had followed them to North Carolina after Rambyte had helped Opee find a job. It was the perfect way to end my half-mind celebration.