Whoa....what would Santa do without Rudolph?! Blazing headlamps! If we hadn't designated Rudolph for the junior rowers, you'd be given that reindeer name, Ron! Ingenuity wins again...! I've been on a few Cycle Oregon treks where some folks were not prepared for how dark is dark in rural areas on a moonless night.....lot of Marco.....Polo......Marco ..... Polo being called out as the bikers tried to find their campsites in the dark...but, I digress from reindeer!
The herd...I mean the team...is galloping towards the Holiday Challenge finish lines! As of earlier this AM, here's what it looks like in terms of
meters needed to gain your antlers in the Holiday Challenge:
Queue in the reindeer stable:
On Joker, on Ringo
On Winston and Mitten, . . .
On Jingle, on Jangle, on Jewel and Gem,
On Meteor, on Solis, on Syrus and Clem,
On Starburst, on Twinkle, on Nova and Blinx,
On Stewball, on Moonstone, on Glimmer and Winx,
On Starbuck, on Lunar, on Aurora and Inx,
On Apollo, on Io, on Saturn and Duster,
On StarGaze, on Pluto, on Lester and Lustre,
On Polaris, on Electra, on Atlas and Stars,
On Jupiter, on Venus and Mars . . .
Kenneth G ..... 24,991 m to go
Karyn ..... 26,448 m to go
Jim ..... 29,562 m to go
Mike M .... 34,988 m to go
Rick .... 35,392 m to go
Dan E .... 36,085 m to go
Robert ... 40,000 m to go
Sinead.... 44,374 m to go We believe you CAN do it!
Peter G ... 45,500 m to go
K2 .... 46,329 m to go
Greg H .... 49,997 m to go
Kristine ... 50,000 m to go
Tony ..... 51,612 m to go
Bruce.... 52,512 m to go
Peter H ... 58,811 m to go
Ted .... 63,000 m to go
Mitch J ... 65,501 m to go
Ross.... 65,972 m to go....wowzer, you could get antlers and your million meters practically in the same row session!
Barbara ... 66,040 m to go
Tim P ... 67,909 m to go
Terri H ... 67,950 m to go
Tom M ... 83,067 m to go
Gina ... 93,726 m
G-l-o-r-i-a .... 95,556 m to go ...so great to have you rowing again!
Rich ... 96,000 m to go ... so great to have you rowing again!
And we'll add more as they get closer to the stable ! No intent to leave anyone out!
Season meters as of 215/365 = 48,389,128 m
Total meters on the day = 930,849 m 
... thanks to Robert's imported meters
Oars in space (participation) = 30 percent
MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:
3.1 MM AJ
600 K Harold
300 K Tom M
100 K Karyn
ONE Million Meter Watch:
Ross with (83,915 m) to go!
Mike M with (134,844 m) to go!
Ron with (230,051 m) to go!
Five half moons in our rowing universe today:
Kenneth G with 35,000 m leads the pack with a half moon plus almost enough for a full moon
Harold and Moggy, determined to leave K2 in the dust, claim a half moon with a spectacular posting of 28,025 m
AJ with 26,271 m earns a half moon
Baz with 25,030 m earns a half moon....less than 25K away from the 200K mark for the Challenge! The pin is near....
Minnie the Mooner, of course... and a little over 50K for the 200K mark
We're very focused on those Holiday Challenge meters! Oh what fun it is to be part of this team!
Jeff 1,520 m
Rich 2,000 m
Gina 3,138 m
Sinead
m ...great rowing!
Terri H 4,000 m
Kenny H 4,000 m
Tina 4,110 m
G-l-o-r-i-a
m
Tony 6...7...8...9 how sequential!
Jack 7,016 m
Tom M 7,145 m
Karyn 7,878 m
Peter G 8,000 m
Dan E 8,543 m
K2 8,671 m
Kristine 10,000 m
Mike M 10,012 m
Jim 10,016 m
Jerry 12,100 m
Greg H 12,499 m
Ross 13,000 m
Rick 13,045 m
Bruce 15,832 m
Ron 20,032 m
Chris 21,097 m
Baz 25,030 m
AJ 26,271 m
Harold and Moggy 28,025 m
Kenneth 35,000 m
Robert 598,292 m
Sinead 2,282 m 
We believe we can !
7,777 m
Woohoo! AJ has customized the antlers for the 200K+ flyers....so here's "Dancer" aka Bazz's reindeer all decked out with in flight lights! Fun stuff - and thanks, AJ (I mean Cupid)!
G-l-o-r-i-a 
m....rats, out of spades again...
