I managed to catch last night’s full moon setting in the west this morning. Later a row with Beth Alden, veterinarian and mother of 2017 Kingston High School crew member Taylor, was a surprisingly beautiful one. Caught a beautiful sunrise picture at Eddyville. A first. And geese flying overhead. My pictures tell the story.
Anezka Sebek and I made this very strenuous 10.5 mile round trip. My back is in pretty bad shape but I am happy to have been able to cross this one off my list to things I must do.
Went out with friend Alison Wurtz to USCG Green Can ’71’ and back. A spectacular day on the Hudson River. I found out my eCrumbs were giving me kilometer readings before. I had thought it was 7.6 miles to the ’71’ and back but now realize it was barely 5 miles. Sorry about that. Anyway the water was so calm that it made the row so enjoyable and VERY good exercise. When the only thing you have to watch out for are the many logs that float up and down the river!
If you think Kingston Point Beach is small, visit Saugerties Village Beach on the Esopus Creek. I taught newbie Jess Hastings to scull for the first time in her life (at least I think that’s correct). Say 15 minutes on land to get a feel for the boat and the basic rowing technique sequence and we were in the water in no time. Oh, yeah. Her friend Margo forgot to tell her that you row backwards and it is a leg and abs sport not an upper body sport. But none the less I think she liked it. Within a half hour she was beginning to get the feel of it and began to enjoy the beautiful surroundings that this venue provides. A great place to kayak or learn to row in a sculling boat!
In vain. It was a bit out of our reach if we wanted to get back before the tide made us too tired or the rain got us. Sheila Wise accompanied me today. We did 8 miles round trip. The lighthouse would have added another 3 miles to the trip. Oh well. At least we got out there!
the Rondout Rower 