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

[Kona2]

Perhaps surprisingly, white pelicans are common sights on the Rocky Mountain waterways. I've usually seen them around golf courses and often up at some of the mountain lakes as the summer progresses. Dog walks take me by a couple of small ponds nearby - it's like an escape into a totally different world for a brief time. When I saw a flash of white, I thought it might be an egret taking off...but no! Five white pelicans, two cormorants (very prehistoric looking things) and an egret were all enjoying one small pond that's been designated a wildlife habitat. Good stuff. And another reason to have a dog.

Meanwhile, welcome back to Matt F, Ted and Jeff M! Always good to see returning team members!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

800 K Ed
250 K Cornel
200 K Jim C
150 K Ken
150 K Ian
100 K Tom M
50 K Jason

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us! 86 Lunies on the roster!

Matt F 2,031 m
Jeff M 3,258 m
Kevin Mc 3,297 m
Keith F 4,000 m
Truthy 4,107 m
Warnie 4,217 m
David T 5,000 m
Patrick Hsr 5,000 m
Jason 5,183 m
Larry 5,966 m
Leon 6,000 m
Rick 6,146 m
Gines 6,177 m
Josh 6,516 m
Tom M 9,306 m
Danno 10,000 m
Jim C 10,000 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Doug 10,200 m
David A 11,107 m
Louie m ...one for the money, two for the show...not sure what happens with five...but it's a great palindrome!
Ian 11,620 m
Stuart 12,239 m
Minnie 18,332 m
Cornel m ...a twosie of a palindrome! And a mooner!
Ted 31,000 m...he moons us upon arrival !
Ed 42,195 m ...a full moon!
Ken 50,000 m ...good update!

[danwho]

And here was the scene just 30 minutes earlier ...

[Kona2]

Memorial Day Weekend here in the US, so an extended weekend for many. Hope you are all enjoying what is traditionally known as the Kickoff for Summer. Kids out of school, road trips!, and camping for sure (although many times, campers in the Rocky Mountains better still have their cold weather gear....). Whatever you're doing, have some fun with it..and do remember why it is celebrated.

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

850 K Ed
500 K Greg F ...a cool half million!
150 K Danno
50 K danwho
50 K Teresa

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us! 87 Lunies on the roster! Welcome back to Dana!

Teresa 2,000 m
David T 4,500 m
Trevor 4,866 m
Steve 5,000 m
Larry 6,007 m
Warnie 6,527 m
Dana 6,745 m
Danno 7,000 m
Cai 7,180 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Louie 12,320 m
danwho 15,151 m ...a palindrome with a couple of high fives mixed in!
Greg F 15,173 m
Minnie 17,563 m
Ed m ...a stars and moon palindrome!

[Kona2]

Memorial Day ... time for family, friends, dogs, maybe a cat or two, picnics and ....rain?! Keep an eye on the sky! Lots of those twister things...


MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

350 K Minnie
200 K Ken
50 K Bernie

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us! 88 Lunies on the roster! Welcome back to BIll K.

Bill K 2,021 m
David T 4,500 m
Leon 5,000 m
Patrick Hsr 5,000 m
Trevor 5,000 m
Dan O' 5,006 m
GMan 5,260 m
Steve 5,329 m
Bernie 6,021 m
Josh 6,043 m
Doug 6,453 m
Todd 7,401 m
Cai 7,721 m
Kevin Mc 8,000 m
Danno 8,007 m
Warnie 11,020 m
Rebecca 15,000 m
Robert 15,000 m
danwho 15,151 m ...a palindrome sprinkled with high fives!
Minnie 17,367 m
Ken 20,000 m
David A 21,653 m ... he moons us!
Greg F 27,524 m ... he moons us, too!
Ed m ...he moons us with a palindrome!

[Kona2]

Sometimes a hail storm begins with a few tink tink tinks on the windows....and other times, those waay before dawn yet waaay after midnight times, you are levitated out of your sleeping zone and find yourself dashing out to save things (plants, that vehicle you just had hail damage on last summer) amidst the flash of lightning and deep rumble of thunder. Dashing before you're even really awake to question "what am I doing here?!" Pea sized hail (there are some BIG peas) that was still in solid form two hours later. Naturally, NATURALLY, one can't drift back to sleep after dashing. Besides, the dogs found all this quite exciting....and surely it's time for breakfast? Snort. Anything for a kibble or two. Mercy.

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

900 K Ed ... the one million meter finish line is well within sight...
550 K Greg
300 K Rebecca
300 K David A
200 K Steve

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us! 90 Lunies on the roster! Welcome back to Matt R and Lynne

Corey 2,000 m
David T 2,000 m
Rosie 2,000 m
Lynne 5,000 m
Matt F 5,000 m
Patrick Hsr 5,000 m
Robert H 5,000 m
Teresa 5,000 m
Matt R 5,020 m
E V 5,107 m
Louie 6,000 m
Josh 6,061 m
Danno 7,000 m
Doug 8,481 m
Ed 10,001 m ...a one aught palindrome!
Rebecca 13,000 m
Minnie 17,645 m
Steve 21,097 m ... he moons us!
david w 21,810 m ... he moons us!
Greg 22,457 m ... he moons us!
David A 31,731 m ... he moons us....AND... he's king of the boat!

[Kona2]

Get out yer fenders! Any bike riding this week is going to give you a rooster tail up the back! Well, maybe not from the ergs...

It's a 50 K wowzer!

Congratulations to Greg F on completing another 50,000 k bike erg session - and he did it five minutes faster than the previous one! That's a five percent improvement! Amazing stuff! But is it a personal best?


MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:


600 K Greg F
50 K Trevor

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us! 90 Lunies on the roster.


Steve 2,000 m
Teresa 2,000 m
Corey 3,000 m
Matt F 5,000 m
Patrick Hsr 5,000 m
Josh 5,164 m
Ted 6,000 m
Trevor 6,267 m
Rick 6,283 m
David T 7,000 m
William H 7,046 m
Jeff M 7,047 m
Patrick S 7,881 m
Jeff D 8,525 m
Tom M 9,115 m
Ken 10,000 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Danno 11,002 m
david w 11,022 m ..a double aught double...that doubles!
David A 11,037 m
Kevin Mc 16,000 m
Minnie 17,118 m
Ed m ...he moons us with a palindrome!
Greg F 50,000 m....he moons us! Or half centuries us...

[Kona2]

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

950 K Ed
400 K Minnie
350 K Ron
100 K Josh
100 K david w

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Teresa 2,000 m
Bill K 3,000 m
Steve W 3..4..5..6 m! Counting up the meters!
Dan O' 4,333 m
Leon 5,000 m
Matt F 5,000 m
GMan 5,016 m
David T 6,000 m
Bernie 6,024 m
Danno 6,507 m
Josh 6,555 m
Kevin Mc 8,000 m
David W 8,378 m
Jason 8,499 m
Ian 8,582 m
david w 9,854 m
Jim C 10,000 m
Louie 10,000 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Tom M 10,237 m
Ken 12,000 m
Stuart 12,331 m
Minnie 20,336 m
Ed m ...a stars and moon palindrome!
Ron m ...a stars and moon palindrome!

[Insomniaklol]

Congratulations to Greg F on completing another 50,000 k bike erg session - and he did it five minutes faster than the previous one! That's a five percent improvement! Amazing stuff! But is it a personal best?

Yes! It's my personal best. It was weird seeing that time because I had a better average pace than most of my 1hour session. Maybe i'm better on long distance.

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and what a first month of the 2020 season! Congratulations, Ed, on a stellar start (or continuation!)! Ed's nearing the one and half orbit milestone as he gets closer to 60 million lifetime meters! Wowzer and hooyah! We wish you many, MANY more millions!

[Kona2]

What did you find?




The mostly daily walks with the dogs continue to yield unexpected things...whether it's sights, sounds or smells. The cows are back in the pasture and they provide all three of those things. Now that we've had some good rains, the grasses are high enough to hide MULTIPLE bunnies...but they are quickly sniffed out by the pups. This keeps me at the ready to counter the sudden pull force on the required leashes. We hadn't run into a birder before though, and this fellow was using his binoculars to stare intently into the trees at what he identified as a yellow warbler and some kind of flycatcher (apparently there are several). This was better than the previous day's almost Discovery Channel moment of stalking night heron tries to get baby duckling. Nature.

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

1.0 MM Ed
350 K David A
100 K Doug
50 K Rick

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us! 91 Lunies on the roster!!

NW1 1,300 m
Matt F 2,000 m
Corey 3,000 m
Jeff M 4,019 m
E V 4,438 m
Leon 5,000 m
William H 5,000 m
Jason 5,343 m
David T 5,500 m
Louie 6,000 m
Steve 6,014 m
Rick 6,220 m
Tom M 9,471 m
Jim C 10,000 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Doug 10,128 m
Ken 12,000 m
Greg F 13,035 m
Ron 16,761 m ...a palindrome!
Warnie 18,209 m
David A 26,043 m ... he moons us!
Ed m ...a palindrome with a built in moon!

[Edscapade]

Whoop, whoop and what a first month of the 2020 season! Congratulations, Ed, on a stellar start (or continuation!)! Ed's nearing the one and half orbit milestone as he gets closer to 60 million lifetime meters! Wowzer and hooyah! We wish you many, MANY more millions!

Thanks Kona! Always like it when I achieve a goal I set out for... today I turned 59, so I rowed a 50,000 meter and a 9,000. Felt pretty good to accomplish also. I get a little relaxation next week as it is EID holidays here. I will be off the erg for a week as I get to fly to Barcelona and meet up with one of my co-workers and relax on his 58 foot sailboat. Been talking about for over a year and finally decided to make it happen. So looking forward to the adventure.

I’m sure I will find a place I can get some rowing time on the water.

Thanks again for all you do for us!

Happy rowing,

Ed

[Kona2]

Whooooooosh!!! That's the sound of you and your erg flying through yet another month!


A blue sky day - and a weekend! The possibilities are practically endless!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

1.05 MM Ed
450 K Warnie
400 K Ron
350 K Rebecca
250 K Ken
200 K Danno
150 K David T
100 K Kevin Mc
100 K Keith F

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us! 92 Lunies on the roster! Welcome back to Liz!

Liz 714 m
Corey 2,394 m
Ian 2,528 m
Emma 5,000 m
David T 5,500 m ...a double double!
Leon 6,000 m
Truthy 6,124 m
Steve 6,500 m
Doug 6,962 m
Kevin Mc 8,018 m
Tom M 8,461 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Warnie 10,000 m
David A 11,180 m
Ken 12,000 m
Danno 13,515 m
Keith F 15,000 m
Ron 17,061 m
Minnie 17,242 m
Ed 59,000 m... Happy birthday meters are just the best! And he half centuries us!

A rare palindromeless day!

[Kona2]

Planting time!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

50 K Tom R

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us! 93 Lunies on the roster! Welcome back to Anton!

David T 5,000 m
Matt F 5,000 m
Tom R 5,867 m
Leon 6,000 m
Rick 6,148 m
Steve 6,171 m
Tom M 7,406 m
John D 10,000 m
Ian 10,776 m
Minnie 12,011 m
Anton 12,321 m ...a countem up and down palindrome!
Kevin Mc 13,121 m
danwho 15,151 m ...a palindrome with some high fives mixed in!
Rebecca 17,000 m
Ron 17,482 m
Greg F 21,786 m ... he moons us!
Ed m ...a little hip hop in anticipation of sailing...sailing...

[BAZzy]

Whoop, whoop and what a first month of the 2020 season! Congratulations, Ed, on a stellar start (or continuation!)! Ed's nearing the one and half orbit milestone as he gets closer to 60 million lifetime meters! Wowzer and hooyah! We wish you many, MANY more millions!

Thanks Kona! Always like it when I achieve a goal I set out for... today I turned 59, so I rowed a 50,000 meter and a 9,000. Felt pretty good to accomplish also. I get a little relaxation next week as it is EID holidays here. I will be off the erg for a week as I get to fly to Barcelona and meet up with one of my co-workers and relax on his 58 foot sailboat. Been talking about for over a year and finally decided to make it happen. So looking forward to the adventure.

I’m sure I will find a place I can get some rowing time on the water.

Thanks again for all you do for us!

Happy rowing,

Ed

Well done Ed, happy birthday and enjoy Barcelona...

Weather changing in the Harbour City, getting cold...! And speaking of colds, I joked with someone the other day I haven't had a head cold since I "graduated" from paid work two years ago. Well, that tempted fate, I've now got a head cold and been relegated to the couch for the past few days. Although hoping it goes quickly as Janet and I are planning to be in the bush over the next couple of weeks.

Good luck and rowing to all, Cheers Baz

[Kona2]

Here we go....a whole new week to enjoy!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

1.1 MM Ed
100 K danwho
50 K Robert H

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Dan O' 5,013 m
Truithy 5,142 m
Steve 5,326 m
Cai 6,440 m
David W 6,552 m
Kevin Mc 8,516 m
Robert H 12,000 m
danwho 15,151 m ...a palindrome...bring on the high fives!
Ron 16,261 m ..a palindrome
David A 22,747 m ...he moons us!
Ed m ...a stars and moon palindrome!