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[just27]

I'm reading that the Perseid meteor shower is happening tonight and tomorrow, with the best time to view being Wednesday (8/12) between Midnight and 5:00 am. Sadly, the moon is still pretty full, but I'll be in the back yard in my jammies, looking upwards with great expectations.

(Wouldn't this have been a great opportunity for the moonlight kayaking people to have set up a little late night paddle op!)

[bg]

I'm reading that the Perseid meteor shower is happening tonight and tomorrow, with the best time to view being Wednesday (8/12) between Midnight and 5:00 am. Sadly, the moon is still pretty full, but I'll be in the back yard in my jammies, looking upwards with great expectations.

(Wouldn't this have been a great opportunity for the moonlight kayaking people to have set up a little late night paddle op!)

sounds nice...thanks for the heads up....

[just27]

I'm reading that the Perseid meteor shower is happening tonight and tomorrow, with the best time to view being Wednesday (8/12) between Midnight and 5:00 am ...

sounds nice...thanks for the heads up....

Literally!

[Toothdoc]

Fellow Lunanauts. I will be going on an EVA starting thursday until the 23rd. Don't know how much erging will be going on while I'm gone. So someone will have to cover for me while I' away. Heaven forbid Robogirl should have and easy catch up.

Tomorrow will be my last row until at least Friday.

Hopefully the weather in the Adironacks will be milder than 95 degrees and 95 % humidity.

dc

[bg]

Fellow Lunanauts. I will be going on an EVA starting thursday until the 23rd. Don't know how much erging will be going on while I'm gone. So someone will have to cover for me while I' away. Heaven forbid Robogirl should have and easy catch up.

Tomorrow will be my last row until at least Friday.

Hopefully the weather in the Adironacks will be milder than 95 degrees and 95 % humidity.

dc

[color=green]have a good trip and i hope he weather oooperates....[/color]

[acrewer]

Alas mates, my kids have got me hooked on facebook - which is a tremendous way to spend even more time on the internet! But I finally took some time today to enter the last 3 days results. Motivation has also waned a bit due to the heat, other obligations, and work (dirty 4 letter word)

Row strong.
Gina

[DuluthMoose]

Congratulations Wild Bill on passing 3 million meters this season!

And Congratulations Dave H on achieving the one million meter mark this season!

Careful Chris. Paddling can be addictive (as well as good for your body and your soul) . Next thing you know there will be a half dozen assorted paddling boats taking up residence in your garage!

I had an adventurous time on the Wisconsin River this trip. Went through rain, winds strong enough to damage my tent, blazing sun with heat index into 3 digits (but the river was cool), also some very pleasant paddling weather, got aced out of our intended campsite the 2nd night and had to find another, saw more paddlers that were camping this trip than on the past 6 trips added together, and brought home another half ton of sand in my gear, in my clothes, and in my hair (even though I'm mostly bald. For those interested our group leader has already posted a trip report on Paddling.net at: http://www.paddling.net/message/showThr ... id=1167341
Also two of the participants photos of this trip are posted at;
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=7 ... 719c37d527
and at
http://s576.photobucket.com/albums/ss202/Renacapina/
I didn't take photos this trip, but did take another 1 hour video on the river to add to my "watch while rowing" collection.

One last sad thing to mention. The New Glarus Brewing Company has stopped making Uff da bock! How could they?

[Kona2]

WHOA! Did you see THAT one?!!! Several crew members were watching the night skies while other crew members rowed full moons, half moons, and lotsa meters! It was a fine night for stargazing!

Season meters as of 103/365 = 24,678,062 m

Total meters on the day = 230,524 m

Oars in space = 29 percent (lots of rowers!)

MILESTONES....Bragging Rights....Celebrations:

3.2 MM Wild Bill


Dan with 44,772 m brings in half marathon #58 and # 59 (I think)....then says "I'm on vacation!"
Wild Bill aka William H shoots another desert full moon
Gina posts a half moon with today's posted meter totals!

ONE Million Meter Watch:

Tim with (24,804 m) to go!

Will with (32,812 m) to go!

Darryl with (81,955 m) to go!

Lucky Number Sequence! 777,777 m for the season - Some say....he's a lucky man!

Today's crew is stellar!

AJ 5,024 m
David 5,494 m
Peter G 6,000 m
Tom R 6,013 m
Rick 6,444 m
Steven 7,180 m
K2 8,000 m
Mike M 10,000 m
Chris 10,000 m
Barbara 12,496 m
Peter H 13,798 m (woohoo! went the extra meters to hit the 777,777 jackpot!)
Tim 14,406 m
Will S 16,054 m
Gina 21,843 m
Wild Bill 43,000 m
Dan 44,772

Meteor showers aren't over! Okay - maybe there's only 150 per hour instead of 200 per hour! Keep watching! It's the meteor meters challenge (row for as long as you stargaze)!

Welcome back Moose!

[Kona2]

'Tis the season: since we are watching the stars and the moon....here's another lunar landing "photo"

http://www.9news.com/life/cartoons/arch ... &catid=563

[bg]

'Tis the season: since we are watching the stars and the moon....here's another lunar landing "photo"

http://www.9news.com/life/cartoons/arch ... &catid=563

love it....and welcome back moose......

[Kona2]

Woohoo! More crew members are rowing! Summer is sweeping into fall (how can this be!?!)....and we're closer to the moon than we were yesterday! We're approaching TWENTY-FIVE Million Meters! Good rowing by all!

Season meters as of 104/365 = 24,888,652 m

Total meters on the day = 210,590 m

Oars in space = 25 percent

MILESTONES....Bragging Rights....Celebrations:

1.4 MM Bazzy

Wild Bill with another half moon and 36,000 m
Will S blazing his way with a half moon and 25,798 m
Barbara with half marathon # 18

ONE Million Meter Watch:

Will S with (7,014 m) to go!
Tim with (24,804 m) to go!
with (67,495 m) to go!



And thanks to all the crew for all the kinds of meters:

Tom R 2,163 m
Rick 6,560 m
Tom M 9,000 m
K2 10,000 m
Peter G 11,000 m
Peter H 12,345 m
Jim 13,204 m
David 14,115 m
Steven 14,394 m
Darryl 14,460 m
Bazzy 20,085 m
Barbara 21,466 m
Will S 25,798 m
Wild Bill 36,000 m

[BAZzy]

Woohoo! More crew members are rowing! Summer is sweeping into fall (how can this be!?!)....and we're closer to the moon than we were yesterday! We're approaching TWENTY-FIVE Million Meters! Good rowing by all!

And winter is moving aside for warmer times! They are forecasting maximums of 28 degrees for Sunday in Sydney...not bad for winter (can't complain about that!)

I'll be out walking this weekend in preparation for my 'amended walk'. I won't be travelling to Papua New Guinea for the Black Cat Track, as it has been deferred until next year. Instead I'm walking to Newcastle, a city to the North of Sydney and will be covering 250 kilometres in 10 days (that's the plan). The terrain isn't like Papua New Guinea, but still plenty of hills and it will be a 'slog'.

I'm not sure if you have seen the news of the tragedy in Papua New Guinea this week; an aircraft flying to Kokoda Village crashed into a mountain in bad weather near the village......amongst the passengers were nine Australian walkers and villagers on the plane. Flying in a Balus (plane) is the life-line to the outside world for many villages along the track and many will be affected deeply by this accident. A cyclone passed through the region a couple of years ago and wiped out a bridge over the Kumusi River, making road transport to Kokoda Village much more difficult and consequently many walkers now fly direct into Kokoda Village. I remember crossing the bridge when the river was a raging torrent on my way to Kokoda in 2006.

For many Australians the Kokoda has become a pilgrimage to acknowledge and help better appreciate the sacrifices made by Australians and Papua New Guineans during the second world war. Many Americans also served in the region…..

Our thoughts with the families….

Big Bad Baz…..

[Dave_H]

Thanks to all for the Meter congrats... now I just have to get back onto it and add some more!

Hey Chris - nice to see a new photo!
It looks like that may be a vineyard setting you have chosen? Seems like a theme is forming around your preference for things pertaining to grapes?

Cheers,
Dave (*hic)

[bg]

Woohoo! More crew members are rowing! Summer is sweeping into fall (how can this be!?!)....and we're closer to the moon than we were yesterday! We're approaching TWENTY-FIVE Million Meters! Good rowing by all!

And winter is moving aside for warmer times! They are forecasting maximums of 28 degrees for Sunday in Sydney...not bad for winter (can't complain about that!)

I'll be out walking this weekend in preparation for my 'amended walk'. I won't be travelling to Papua New Guinea for the Black Cat Track, as it has been deferred until next year. Instead I'm walking to Newcastle, a city to the North of Sydney and will be covering 250 kilometres in 10 days (that's the plan). The terrain isn't like Papua New Guinea, but still plenty of hills and it will be a 'slog'.

I'm not sure if you have seen the news of the tragedy in Papua New Guinea this week; an aircraft flying to Kokoda Village crashed into a mountain in bad weather near the village......amongst the passengers were nine Australian walkers and villagers on the plane. Flying in a Balus (plane) is the life-line to the outside world for many villages along the track and many will be affected deeply by this accident. A cyclone passed through the region a couple of years ago and wiped out a bridge over the Kumusi River, making road transport to Kokoda Village much more difficult and consequently many walkers now fly direct into Kokoda Village. I remember crossing the bridge when the river was a raging torrent on my way to Kokoda in 2006.

For many Australians the Kokoda has become a pilgrimage to acknowledge and help better appreciate the sacrifices made by Australians and Papua New Guineans during the second world war. Many Americans also served in the region…..

Our thoughts with the families….

Big Bad Baz…..

that is sad.....

hope your walk goes well...hmmmm..if you'll be 10 days without rowing, what would my km/day have to be to catch you....hmmmmm.....

[Kona2]

One of the great things about this team - and this forum - is the sharing of international experiences - and things that are important to us. The Kokoda plane crash of a couple days ago might have been reported by some US and other countries' news sources, yet the historical significance of the pilgrimage on the anniversary of some of the battles with the Japanese and Aussies and PNG might not have been reported. I thought the four sentinel pillars - with their commemorative words - of this particular memorial were quite impactful. From the Kokoda Walkway memorial website. A good reminder that many personal exercise journeys are driven by different events.



The Isurava Memorial overlooks the Kokoda Valley at the site where the Australian forces dug in to face the Japanese invasion.

The memorial features a central stone of polished South Australian granite, raised on a plinth composed in bronze, Portland cement and granite.

Surrounding the plinth are four sentinel stones, each weighing more than 3.5 tonnes, engraved with the words courage, endurance, sacrifice and mateship, representing the resolute commitment of the Australians who stood firm in the face of the enemy.

The Isurava Memorial was unveiled by the Prime Minister, John Howard at a dedication service in the company of 10 Kokoda Veterans on Wednesday 14 August 2002, the 60th Anniversary of this epic battle.

Thanks for sharing, BBB - sounds like there is much work to be done in PNG on runways and access. Do be careful there next year!

Season meters as of 105/365 = 25,072,380 m

Total meters on the day = 183,728 m

Oars in space = 20 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights....Celebrations:

1.7 MM

Wild Bill with 43,000 m
just27 aka Minnie aka Chris with half marathon # 71
Barbara with half marathon # 19 plus some at 25,167 m

ONE Million Meter Watch:

Will S with (7,014 m) to go!
Tim with (10,448 m) to go!
Darryl with (53,179 m) to go!

And thanks to all our crewmates for all the kinds of meters - and good mateship!:

AJ 5,017 m
Peter G 6,000 m
Jim 10,000 m
Ted 12,222 m
Brandy 12,700 m
Darryl 14,316 m
Tim 14,356 m
BBB 19,853 m
Chris 21,097 m
Barbara 25,167 m
Wild Bill 43,000 m