Wow, impressive sinking powers! I also have to keep moving or I sink now. Clearly what we need is the Dead Sea or the Great Salt Lake or something like that, haha. (I've never tried being in either, have you? Did that go differently?) Only, uh, five hours from Zion! Also now I'm wondering what rowing would be like on salt water... all my rowing has been on freshwater rivers, I don't think I've ever even sculled on a lake. Superfloat regatta would be kind of challenging if less of your boat than planned was submerged. Faster! Tippier! Bet someone's done it.

I don't worry about the giant squids, I figure they're scared of me too. Jellyfish, on the other hand, are pretty horrible. Fuck man o' wars forever.

...overturning the boat, which somehow sets something on fire, maybe an oil fire spreading across the lake towards a plane or a hot air balloon, which takes off, burning a...