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

[Toothdoc]

Long holiday weekend coming up in Australia, so we’re off to the Tree-top adventure park tomorrow (TomO’s favourite), and some walking the rest of the weekend... Metres dropped off at moment while I concentrate on weight training, but need to ramp up after our three week holiday (starts late June) in preparation for the Black Cat Track...

Good weekend to all, BBB

Baz,

Is the tree top park a place were they have zip lines through the foliage? In any case hope you and TamO have a great time.

danno

[BAZzy]

Long holiday weekend coming up in Australia, so we’re off to the Tree-top adventure park tomorrow (TomO’s favourite), and some walking the rest of the weekend... Metres dropped off at moment while I concentrate on weight training, but need to ramp up after our three week holiday (starts late June) in preparation for the Black Cat Track...

Good weekend to all, BBB

Baz,

Is the tree top park a place were they have zip lines through the foliage? In any case hope you and TamO have a great time.

danno

It s indeed, and as well as being a lot of fun it is actually a solid work-out. Until recently TomO was confined to the 'kids' course, but now he's pushed up through 1.4 metres, he's with the 'big' boys!...and Janet of course!

http://www.treetopadventurepark.com.au/homeM.php

Cheers, BBB

[Kona2]

Baz of the Jungle?!....watch out for that tree !

Woohoo! It's the weekend ! We've got milestones to make, and milestones to celebrate ! Number gnomes must be on vacation !

Season meters as of 41/365 = 11,494,595 m

Total meters on the day = 258,108 m

Oars in space (participation) = 36 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations: Way to row !!!

650 K Cathie
600 K Jay
500 K Rosita
400 K Chris H
350 K Minnie
200 K Sam

Thanks to all who rowed today!

Martin 1,800 m
Mario Jackson 3,075 m
Jim 4,758 m
Baz 5,000 m
Harold 5,000 m
Peter G 5,000 m
Bobbie
Benny 6,000 m
Chuck 6,000 m
Tom M 6,000 m
Minnie 6,530 m
Dan S 6,510 m
Tammy 7,700 m
Danno 10,000 m
Ross 10,000 m
Gabby 12,000 m
Rosita 12,000 m
Zander 12,000 m
Kristine 12,005 m
Chris H 15,000 m
Jay 15,300 m
Cathie 16,000 m
Sam 16,000 m
Brett 17,525 m
Jim B 42,000 m

[Kristine Strasburger]

These guys will be passing through on the river here this week. Looks like it will be fun to see their arrival.
http://youtu.be/0ZiJlAcfaoA

[Kona2]

These guys will be passing through on the river here this week. Looks like it will be fun to see their arrival.
http://youtu.be/0ZiJlAcfaoA

Definitely looks like fun...wouldn't want to be the last canoe to portage...you could take a step and leave a boot ...and here's to Moose!

[just27]

These guys will be passing through on the river here this week. Looks like it will be fun to see their arrival.
http://youtu.be/0ZiJlAcfaoA

Now that would be memorable ... both to see, and to participate therein (for a very limited time, maybe!) ... I like the music. Taking some pictures, Kap'n K?

[Kona2]

It was a full moonish night....and looks like this team sure knew it! We have FOUR half moons and a FULL moon gracing the stat sheet today! Way to row, Lunies! Bunny trails of the mind episode will be posted later today, but first - the stats!

Season meters as of 42/365 = 11,859,568 m

Total meters on the day = 364,973 m

Oars in space (participation) = 39 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

500 K Ron ... with his first cool half million of the season! Celebrates with a full marathon !!Whoop! Woot!
150 K Ted
100 K Benny

Thanks to all who rowed today !

Bobbie 1,500 m
Kaylee 1,500 m
Martin 1,600 m
Tris 2,005 m
Benny 3,000 m
Harold 3,300 m
Sam 5,300 m
K2 5,556 m
Chuck 6,000 m
Tom M 6,000 m
Tammy 7,500 m
Dan S 10,000 m
Pat S 10,000 m
Chip 15,064 m
Cathie 15,300 m
David A 16,061 m
Minnie 17,212 m
Jay 17,500 m
Brett 17,525 m
Zander 18,000 m
AJ 18,467 m
Chris H 21,097 m
Danno 21,097 m
Gabby 21,097 m
Rosita 21,097 m
Ted 40,000 m
Ron m

[Kona2]

Another episode of Bunny Trails of the Mind...B-Knowledge!

Went to a garden party... Denver's Botanic Gardens had a fun event called "Garden, Grapes and Hops" yesterday evening, and it involved many long lines -- including a really, really, really long line to get inside the gardens. But even standing in line can be a good thing, because, there...near the entrance...was a B-cycle station!



Bike sharing: go to the b-cycle station, swipe the card, select the bike, ride, return the bike to a b-cycle station.

What's cool about B-cycles is not only the current state of this bike sharing system, but how it has evolved. It's an idea that I didn't think would work. B-cycles, or similar iterations, are now available or coming soon to multiple cities in the US. Internationally, there are bike stations and a recent move by German railways to incorporate bike stations into their public transportation pass system. Who knew?

In 2007, two organizations, Humana and Bikes Belong, got together to create a bike sharing program in Louisville. And they were the SECOND bike sharing program in the US - with MetroBike LLC being the first by several years.

In 2008, Denver hosted the Democratic National Convention. Part of making the convention "the greenest ever" involved an idea to have 1000 bikes available for visitors to use during their stay. ( And never fear, bikes were provided to the Republican National Convention as well ! ) The convention designers tapped into Humana and Bikes Belong's previous success, and worked with them to create a bike sharing program for the convention and beyond. Denver's bike sharing program was successful over the short term, and plans were made to keep evolving. The goal is to grow from less than 2 percent of the Denver population commuting by bike to work to 10 percent by 2018.

Humana and Bikes Belong continued the partnership started in 2007, and added Trek, to evolve to what is now B-cycle. You can sign on for a membership for a day, a week, a month, or annually. Each time you rent a bike, the first 30 minutes are free. So for short trips (and the price of membership), you can ride for free. Check out how it works using the link below.

http://www.bcycle.com/howitworks.aspx

Can't wait to try it out during my next trek in the downtown area! In the meantime, more rowing!!

I think gnomes hide in this ...

[Kona2]

12 Million Team Meters! Way to row !!


Great to see another returning teammate - welcome back, Angelo! The Australian and New Zealand sector of our rowing universe was well represented in today's stats!



Season meters as of 43/365 = 12,211,516 m

Total meters on the day = 351,948 m

Oars in space (participation) = 17 percent


MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

750 K Danno - woohoo! Three-Quarters of a Million !!
500 K Bernie
150 K Angelo

Thanks to all who rowed today - and great if you were out doing some cross-training instead! Active is good!

Sam m
Benny m
David T m
Gabby m
Danno m
Rosita m
Zander m
Cathie m
AJ m
Minnie m
Bernie m
Angelo m

Have a colorful day - whenever and wherever you row!

[Kona2]

Summmmrrr....good for stargazing! And rowing, biking, kayaking, nordic walking, etc.!

Great rowing by all as we continue to celebrate each other's achievements and cheer our teammates onward !

Season meters as of 44/365 = 12,500,687 m

Total meters on the day = 289,171 m

Oars in space (participation) = 35 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

650 K Jay
550 K Rosita
500 K David A - woohoo! A cool half million!!!
450 K Brett
400 K Minnie
200 K Peter G
55 K Mario Jackson
50 K Mitch J

Thanks to all who rowed today !

Mario Jackson 1,800 m
Benny 3,000 m
Martin 3,300 m
Sam 3,600 m
Jill 4,113 m
Dan S 5,000 m
Chuck 6,000 m
Mitch J 7,204 m
AJ 7,362 m
Pat S 8,294 m
Peter G 9,000 m
Chip 10,053 m
Ross 10,471 m
Harold 11,000 m
Gabby 11,500 m
Zander 12,000 m
Minnie 12,229 m
Rosita 12,555 m
Cathie 15,000 m
Tammy 15,000 m
Chris H 15,133 m
David A 21,660 m
Brett 22,010 m
Jay 30,800 m
Danno 31,097 m

[Kona2]

[brotherjim]

Cool story, I have been trying to recruit her to my team but she has Luna-Tic leanings.
Just think, she was 1 year old when the Cubs last won a World Series!!!!!!

Woman celebrates 104th birthday at Tigers game
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DETROIT – A woman finally got her chance to celebrate her 104th birthday by seeing the Detroit Tigers play in person.

The ballclub was to host Mary Johnson at Comerica Park May 15 but that game was rained out. Instead, she celebrated at Sunday's game against the Seattle Mariners. The Detroit Free Press reports Tigers great Al Kaline, one of Johnson's favorite players, visited her.

The faithful Tigers fan watched the game from a suite and says: "It's beautiful. I couldn't say another word." The Mariners won 7-3, but Johnson was pleased to be there.

She grew up in Henderson, Ky., and moved to Detroit in 1936. Johnson, whose birthday was May 10, came to visit her brother and never left.

[Kristine Strasburger]

This is a great graphic, AJ! Are you going to make it available to us on Cafepress, Zazzle or some other such service? I hope so!

And that was great info on the bike sharing service, K2! Thanks for posting that!

[bg]

This is a great graphic, AJ! Are you going to make it available to us on Cafepress, Zazzle or some other such service? I hope so!

And that was great info on the bike sharing service, K2! Thanks for posting that!

yes..i agree about the graphic....and goooooooooo bruins

[BAZzy]

Geez, lots of rowing happening...must be that warmer weather in the northern hemisphere!

Survived Treetops (lots of fun), but battlin a cold, it was a very wet weekend here, about the only time it didn't rain was when we were at Treetops (had a good chuckle at the photo K2! )

Cheers, BBB