One of my favorite pastimes is being on a boat! And I especially like boats that have sails!
One of my favorite places to be on a boat is the Sacramento River as it runs through the little river town of Rio Vista.
I am a fair weather sort of sailor and so I do most of my sailing in the summertime. Summer afternoons on the Sacramento River near Rio Vista are usually hot and windy. So windy, in fact, that the area is world famous as a site for great windsurfing and kite boarding opportunities.
The Sacramento Delta is comprised of many islands from very small berms to very large tracts of land. And one of those large tracts of land near Rio Vista is Sherman Island. The song "Sherman Isle" (or as my mentor and friend Tim Spencer calls it; "Sherman Clump") is a snapshot of a perfect afternoon out on the water and sharing the time with family and friends.