Repaired, but an expensive row

My repairs have been completed, so I took this shell out for its first row in almost two years. The repairs seemed to hold and it felt good to go faster.

After about two miles, I had an unbalanced stroke and flipped; into the water I went. Long story short,
   » I lost my Clic reading glasses to the bottom of the lake;
   » my phone was swimming in water in its ostensibly “waterproof” pouch;
   » I forgot this P&S camera is not submersible, so it’s probably non-functional now, too.
The longer story involves a slightly panicked moment; see my comment in the section below.

So replacement glasses had to be ordered and the phone and camera have gone into a zip-lock bag with all the accumulated packets of desiccant I have been setting aside for several years for exactly this contingency.

Update: No go. After 48 hours in the zip-lock bag, neither device would power up. New phone ordered and back-ordered. It'll be about 2½–3 weeks before the new phone will ship. As for a replacement P&S, this is a wait-and-see repurchase. If the new phone has a decent camera, maybe I can be down to two photo-snapping devices instead of three.

Looking back
1 year ago: “Skyway bridges from a Skyway bridge”
2 years ago: “22nd species this year”
3 years ago: “Portland, OR”
4 years ago: “Seeing ‘Sully’”
5 years ago: “Closing up the ‘patient’” (first major repair)
6 years ago: “Garage project update: Almost ‘inside’”
7 years ago: “Bidding adieu…”
8 years ago: “Goldenrod Soldier Beetle”
9 years ago: “Layers III”

[ IMG_0933SOOC100x75tm :: P&S ]

[Esther Rosenberg]

Oh my goodness, talking about having a bad day.. yikes.

[Mags]

So sorry, Thom. Maybe things will improve soon.

[Jane Pittenger]

Oh ouch!

[Corinne]

It’s an expensive ride... sad for all you’ve lost but you are safe and that the most important !

[Thom Mitchell]

@cocobella Indeed. There *was* a scary moment when I was underwater and couldn't get my feet out of the shoes... But all ended okay and I won't tie the shoes as tightly whenever "next time" comes.

[Danette Thompson]

Oh my. Glad you are okay, though.

[Thom Mitchell]

@danette Thanks, Danette!

[Thom Mitchell]

@dutchothotmailcom @marlboromaam It was a humbling experience, but in the end, Life is Good! I still have my health, my soul mate of almost 41 years and grandchild #2 is due any time in the next month. :)