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

[dag1]

Hey Team, The family vacation starts tomorrow, so I'm sorry I'm going to have to cut out on the remaining 5 days of the challenge. I hope the best to all of you and a strong finish to the challenge. I will be doing some sea kayaking in Mexico, but I don't think I can count those meters

[bg]

Hey Team, The family vacation starts tomorrow, so I'm sorry I'm going to have to cut out on the remaining 5 days of the challenge. I hope the best to all of you and a strong finish to the challenge. I will be doing some sea kayaking in Mexico, but I don't think I can count those meters

enjoy:]

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and way to go! Congratulations, Thor, on achieving a TWO million meters season...and the season is not even halfway done! We wish you many, MANY more !

[Kona2]

Caught between the Ancients and the Free Spirits...at FOURTH!

Those Ancients are a wily bunch....and we surely need a bit of Roadrunner at the moment! Really great rowing and ski-erging !

Meanwhile.....it wouldn't be FALL without pumpkins! And what's happened with our Lunie pumpkin growing contest anyway?! As you may recall, three teammates indicated they were growing some pumpkins for contest consideration. Of course, this sort of endeavor rarely runs according to plan. Richard T and I both ordered some seeds from those who claimed to have grown giant pumpkins. All I know is that the seeds I received had a failure to launch. Zippo germination. Not even a hint of green sprouting. Back to the drawing board and nursery I went, and bought some starter plants. Richard T apparently had pretty good luck...and the area bearlife thought so too, and enjoyed the pumpkins he grew as a snack (the old "the bears ate my pumpkins" story...hahaha...except it was true!). Minnie's pumpkins grew as wonderful vines....with nary a fruit resulting from the blossoms (team discussion ensued about how to pollinate...and Minnie says nope...if it isn't natural, it isn't happening as she wasn't willing to play the part of the bee...wise woman). Subsequently, I think Minnie might have had a pumpkin...but we'll need an update.

The starter plants I had did grow in the unusually rainy and cool Colorado summer. And then the blight struck. Pumpkins get blight? Oh yeah. Only some of them were affected, and the result was that the vine died and I was left with three really small but very cute pumpkins. This was the vine that had escaped the confines of the garden. Other vines in the garden were okay.

The small ones

A medium one

The biggie....almost a foot across


And so the pumpkin patch awaits the arrival of The Great Pumpkin....just like Linus. I did learn a lot about pumpkin blight - and the need to spray a mix of milk and water on the plants if you get it -, and am working to prepare the soil for bigger and better pumpkin growing for next year.

Season meters as of 162/365 = 62,839,409 m

Total meters on the day = 545,801 m

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

2.55 MM Ron
2.0 MM Thor
1.45 MM Tammy
950 K Minnie
500 K AJ ... a cool half million!
250 K Scott

Thanks, everyone, for rowing and ski-erging with us...and for finding the cables to upload/download your meters!

Juliette 1,922 m
Jeff M 3,010 m
Tony m ...a starry palindrome!
Mikkel 5,180 m
Steve H 6,000 m
Tom M 6,500 m
David T 7,000 m
Terry B 7,208 m
Larry 8,104 m
Steve W 9,000 m
Danno 10,000 m
Janice 10,000 m
Mike C 10,000 m
Bobbie 10,010 m
Todd 11,271 m
bg 11,773 m
Rosita m ... might be a 10K plus a starry palindrome!
Anita 15,000 m
Danwho m ... a palindrome!
Norma m ...a palindrome!
Marie 20,000 m
Tombeur 20,441 m
Tammy 21,000 m
Ronnie 21,097 m
Scott 21,097 m
Roger 21,098 m
Thor 21,198 m
Stefan 23,134 m
Doug G m ...a palindrome as he heads off to the sea and the rolling waves!
Ron 36,097 m
41,072 m ... well hula hula...quite the update!
Jim 41,908 m
AJ 48,921 m

[bg]

Whoop, whoop and way to go! Congratulations, Thor, on achieving a TWO million meters season...and the season is not even halfway done! We wish you many, MANY more !

wooooooooooo hooooooooooo and congrats :} and i loved the pumpkin contest update, k2:] and goooooooooooooooooo pats :)

[normadelaney]

Whoop, whoop and way to go! Congratulations, Thor, on achieving a TWO million meters season...and the season is not even halfway done! We wish you many, MANY more !

Congrats, mighty Thor. Way to row!!

[Thor MW]

Whoop, whoop and a blaze of glory! For yet another year, Marie has met the meter millionaire status! Congratulations! We wish you many, MANY more millions (of all kinds) !

Congratulations, Marie. Well done!!

Way to go Marie!!! Keep on rock'n.

[Thor MW]

Elk bugling, does it work? Maybe I wasn't paying enough attention, but it seemed I kept catching "What's up with you, pal" looks from the females.
But lots of fun for the human viewer. Thanks for posting.

I think someone's undies are a bit too tight.
That was very interesting. Thanks.

[macbruce1]

Whoop, whoop and way to go! Congratulations, Thor, on achieving a TWO million meters season...and the season is not even halfway done! We wish you many, MANY more !

Swing that hammer,
Pull that oar.
There's no one like,
The mighty Thor
Congratulations
DDRR

[danwho]

Whoop, whoop and way to go! Congratulations, Thor, on achieving a TWO million meters season...and the season is not even halfway done! We wish you many, MANY more !

A double-whack from Thor's mighty hammer.
Congratulations Thor!!!
But be careful with that thing. I hear there's pumpkins about.
On the other hand... I do like pumpkin pie...

[Tombeur]

Whoop, whoop and way to go! Congratulations, Thor, on achieving a TWO million meters season...and the season is not even halfway done! We wish you many, MANY more !

Onward and upward, Thor. Or, palindromically speaking, " level 2 level!" Tombeur

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and hooyah! And let's throw in a hula, hula, too! Congratulations, Minnie aka Chris, on achieving yet another ONE million meter Concept2 season! We wish you many, MANY more!

[Kona2]

Like the Star Wars denizens of deep space that we may encounter during our Galactic Journeys, we are now in Klingon mode as we try to hang on to the FOURTH spot in the Challenge....no podium spot for fourth btw....just sayin'

Some good meter uploads in the last 24 hours, and teammates are edging ever closer to personal milestones! Of course, Minnie just hula hula'd right past hers. Ed is close to his FOUR million meter milestone, and Larry sees the ONE million meter flashing light in the distance. We're now in the FINAL FIVE days of the Challenge! Goooooooooo Lunies!

Season meters as of 163/365 = 63,177,573 m

Total meters on the day = 608,105 m

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

4.25 MM Richard T
3.9 MM Ed
2.7 MM Jim
2.6 MM Ron
2.25 MM Jay
1.35 MM Roger
1.3 MM Rosita
1.0 MM Minnie
900 K Larry
550 K AJ
150 K Terry B

Thanks, everyone, for rowing and ski-erging with us!

Steve W 2,000 m
Tony m ...a palindrome!
Chuck 5,000 m
Janice 5,000 m
Paul 5,000 m
Bobbie m ...a starry palindrome!
Norma m ... a sheepish palindrome!
Tammy m ... a palindrome!
Danno 6,121 m
K2 7,941 m
David W (AZ) 8,000 m
Terry B 8,009 m
AJ 8,012 m
Marie m ...onesies! A palindrome!
Larry 12,030 m
Jeff D 12,216 m
Minnie m ... a starry palindrome !
Matt 15,000 m
Tombeur 15,338 m
Anita m ... a starry palindrome!
Ronnie 16,000 m
Tristan 16,000 m
Roger 17,000 m
Rosita 21,097 m ... she moons us!
Ron 30,597 m ...there's a half moon in here, too!
Thor 37,529 m
Jay 52,194 m ... a couple of half moons in here!
Jim 65,551 m
Richard T 92,291 m
Ed 92,299 m

[danwho]

Whoop, whoop and hooyah! And let's throw in a hula, hula, too! Congratulations, Minnie aka Chris, on achieving yet another ONE million meter Concept2 season! We wish you many, MANY more!

Congratulations, Minnie !!!
And I must say, that's one fine pumpkin.

[normadelaney]

Whoop, whoop and hooyah! And let's throw in a hula, hula, too! Congratulations, Minnie aka Chris, on achieving yet another ONE million meter Concept2 season! We wish you many, MANY more!

Yay, Minnie!! Congratulations!