Looking at the photos, it seemed like a great vacation with excellent friends. Glad that was fun. Too bad about the lousy race organization though. I gasped out loud at your bus story and 'Bent called from another room to find out what was going on! I can only imagine how stressed you would be after getting off course with such tight cut-offs, and those yelling passengers would be the icing on the cake.
I can really picture how it worked out. Too bad, looks like the 50 was really gorgeous.
Oh well, you made the most of the vacation.