LUNA-TICS TEAM ROOM: Year-round "Looney" fun.

[nl07695]

Hi Darryl,

Very nice pics.... Unfortunarely these kinds of trips are a no go for me. I would tip over every mile or so on these "wild water lakes". My point of gravity in a canoe is way to high up making it very instable... Or this is just my imagination.

Greetings Peter H

[acrewer]

Darryl -

Great pics! Scary about the fish-hook in the leg - hope she is OK.
Fish looked wonderful and the scenery is amazing. However the only difference between petroglyphs and graffitti is time.

Gina

[DuluthMoose]

Thanks Barbara, Peter, Gina, and AJ

Barbara I bet I can teach you how to pack efficiently just like I've taught at least a dozen others. On my trips 2 people get their tent, sleeping bags and pads, all the rest of their spare clothing and personal gear, and a fair share of the necessary group gear into one 6000 to 7000 cu in pack. You get to carry everything you take along. That way the other person carries a canoe. You won't want to carry that pack on these rocky, muddy, sometimes slippery trails at much over 50 lbs; 45 lbs would be much better. I can really see a decrease in the size of a personal pack on the second time they come along on a trip.

Peter you'd be surprized how well behaved a canoe becomes with 100 lbs or more of gear down low in the bilge, greatly lowering the center of gravity. So I have a hunch you would do just fine traveling by canoe. I've heard of some Canadian and US canoeists that see your country by canoeing on the canals.

Gina my wife's hook wound is healing just fine. I have to tell you I was hesitant to move on after it happened. However Ginny insisted, our group was carrying a SPOT signaler to call for an evac if we needed to, I hadn't planned to cover huge distances in the next two days, and we had a well equipped med kit. We watched the wound closely the whole trip for any sign of infection and probably got lucky. Thanks for asking.
I have mixed feelings about pictographs just being graffiti. In the Quetico, I think (or maybe hope) that passing these sites on route is a benign experience. But I will tell you that many far north canoe travelers regard these as spiritual sites and will leave an offering (usually tobacco) before they proceed on. Most canoeists will not take photographs of these images in the far north. This particular group of pictographs had the image of a water spirit and a group of canoes. Some would interpret this as "you better appease this spirit or expect a rough open water crossing". I didn't leave an offering, and we didn't experience heavy winds at least on the smaller lakes I choose to travel on. But there are some strange tales associated with pictograph sites in the far north.

AJ thanks for the comments. Getting a "Wow" from an artist on a photo means a lot to me.

[just27]

I will be off the boat until mid next week, and will try to get back on track afterwards ...
Andrea

I just posted a new PB in the 10K and (all full of myself) went to check out the rankings ...
... holy cow, Andrea, you're really fast!

I think I'll just have a big glass of water and go directly to bed!
Chris

[Kona2]

Next stop on the Row To Beijing is Athens! Sounds pretty good to me!
Challenge meters contributed by team = 178,964 m (1 challenge meter = 10 m)

Season meters as of 77/365 = 10,140,949 m

Total meters on the day = 101,309 m

Oars in the water = 30 percent

MILESTONES:

300K Peter H
Half Marathon Peter H (1:25:30.8 - new personal best?)
10,000 m Personal Best - Chris (47:20.9 )

Thanks to today's rowers!

Peter H 21,097 m
Rodrigo 17,106 m
AJ 12,081 m
Barbara 10,016 m
Chris 10,000 m (quite the 10K competition with the lady from TN!)
Tony 7,778 m
Steven 7,102 m
Kristine 6,262 m
Jan 5,000 m
Lilia 3,867 m
Peter G 1,000 m

[nl07695]

Half Marathon Peter H (1:25:30.8 - new personal best?)

It's just a seasonal best last season I was able to squeeze a 1:24:18.2 out of the tip of my toes.

[lunabibliofila]

It's just a seasonal best last season I was able to squeeze a 1:24:18.2 out of the tip of my toes.

Don't worry Coach, I know you'll get there again !

And thank you Luna-tics for the inspiration, I'm very good at finding excuses not to do exercise, but knowing now that my meters count for a common goal pushes me to do my best... and of course once I'm exercising I start remembering how fun it is too

Take care !

Lilia

[Toothdoc]

For all who remember my wife's X-5 was struck by lightening on June 7th. We got the car back yesterday after 29 days in the shop. If you would like to know what happens in a near miss I will try to describe the repair bill.

1 Active head light control module
1 Alternator
1 Brake light switch
1 Stop light switch
1 Idle speed valve
1T-Shaped idle speed regulating valve
1 Air mass meter
1 Hot-film air mass meter
1 Speed sensor
1 Instrument cluster module and final stage
1 Light module
1 Heater/AC module
1 Automatic AC module
1 Engine module
1 RMFD basic control unit
1 DSC Traction control

All of these thingy's are computer modules that had to be reprogramed in order to get to the next broken part. One of the parts even had to come from Germany because it was Vin # specific and they do not make them until needed.

For a grand total of $10,260.09. Fortunately the insurance company covers most of it. The adjustor said not to be surprised if other things show up in the future.

All in all very lucky no one was hurt.

Dan

[bg]

I will be off the boat until mid next week, and will try to get back on track afterwards ...
Andrea

I just posted a new PB in the 10K and (all full of myself) went to check out the rankings ...
... holy cow, Andrea, you're really fast!

I think I'll just have a big glass of water and go directly to bed!
Chris

congrats on the pb....and wow...both of you ladies are fast....barbara

[Calamity]

My life is in calmer waters right now so hope to row more. i am the president of Yakima Folklife Association and we just had our big 26 th annual festival - 60 bands in two nights and two days, 4 stages during the day, 7 at night. It went well. All the prep and press was a lot of work.
Anyway, since I do not think I have reported my birthday yet, it is May 12 and I seem to share it with someone on the list.

Anyway, to gear up for competition, I want to go duck hunting - ducks in a row that is. Their total is 7 percent higher that our total right now, and I have not contributed many meters this rowing year. My goal - catch them by the end of August.
I know the lunatics have been doing great - many milestones and meter totals probably unimagined by some individuals only months ago. Keep it up and lets all go duck hunting together.


Jane

[bg]

My life is in calmer waters right now so hope to row more. i am the president of Yakima Folklife Association and we just had our big 26 th annual festival - 60 bands in two nights and two days, 4 stages during the day, 7 at night. It went well. All the prep and press was a lot of work.
Anyway, since I do not think I have reported my birthday yet, it is May 12 and I seem to share it with someone on the list.

Anyway, to gear up for competition, I want to go duck hunting - ducks in a row that is. Their total is 7 percent higher that our total right now, and I have not contributed many meters this rowing year. My goal - catch them by the end of August.
I know the lunatics have been doing great - many milestones and meter totals probably unimagined by some individuals only months ago. Keep it up and lets all go duck hunting together.


Jane

good to hear from you...i was wondering what you were up to.....wow...congrats on the festival....any dancing...i used to morris dance...and a belated happy birthday....barbara

[DuluthMoose]

For all who remember my wife's X-5 was struck by lightening on June 7th. We got the car back yesterday after 29 days in the shop. If you would like to know what happens in a near miss I will try to describe the repair bill.



Dan

Very interesting Dan. I don't think I've ever heard of a car being struck by lightning where I've lived. Always thought the tires prevented conduction to the ground and therefore a vehicle was a safe place to be in a lightning storm. Did they have to rewire the car? That much voltage must have melted light wiring and probably also smoked the battery. Darryl

[Toothdoc]

For all who remember my wife's X-5 was struck by lightening on June 7th. We got the car back yesterday after 29 days in the shop. If you would like to know what happens in a near miss I will try to describe the repair bill.



Dan

Very interesting Dan. I don't think I've ever heard of a car being struck by lightning where I've lived. Always thought the tires prevented conduction to the ground and therefore a vehicle was a safe place to be in a lightning storm. Did they have to rewire the car? That much voltage must have melted light wiring and probably also smoked the battery.
Darryl

Darryl,

Believe it or not the battery is ok so far and the only new wiring had to do with the new modules and sensors. The service manager said don't think about replacing the wiring harness. To do that they have to disassemble the entire car. That cost would be in the neighborhood of $10,000.
Dan

[Kona2]

Stats delight! So far (leaving option open for yet another match) we have TWO birth date twins. Tim Strasburger and Jane are the second set! Great when all this number stuff works like it should!

Jane is correct - we are within duck distance! And your festival sounds like a great party! But I don't know what morris dancing is ...

Row to Beijing challenge meters contributed = 188,095 challenge meters

Season meters as of 79/365 = 10,232,259 m

Total meters on the day = 91,310 m

Oars in the water = 27 percent

MILESTONES:

800K AJ
600K Tony

Thanks to today's rowers (and a fervent thanks for OUR team!):

Darryl 14,230 m
AJ 12,018 m
Chris 12,000 m
Peter H 10,528 m
Dan 10,027 m (in honor of Chris' personal best at the 10K - very cool)
Tony 7,778 (two days in a row)
Steven 7,104 m
Gina 6,425 m
Peter G 6,000 m
Jane 5,200 m

[Calamity]

We did not have Morris dancing - form of English folkdance. We did have clogging, Mexican Folk, Irish, Belly and contra dancing. We also had interpretive dance - otherwise knows as drunk people who think that can dance.
Music included people playing guitars and singing about their lives - this seems to be traditional American Folk, dobro, fiddler, marimba, steel drums, Haung, didge, doo wap, country, surfing music, some Croatian, Celtic, some rock, banjo, washboard, and probably some I forgot.
Jane

Orion's birthday is April 22