It was a very eventful year of rowing and helped keep my mind off the tragedy in January. I am pleased to have contributed so many photos to this.
Hopefully the version with sound will continue to be allowed, but I posted without audio above just in case.
Today’s 8am practice row afforded us a glass lake to row on. We got quite the tour of Crockett and the C&H Sugar Factory, while still getting to go under the bridge.
Pictures from today’s row, including a selfie in the car on my way to rowing:
Here is some footage of the skills boat this morning taken from the other boat with Solano Rowing Club.
Here are pictures from the first day of rowing in December. Strong currents and winds made for colder than usual conditions and “muddy” water, but it was a challenging workout, which we appreciate. The fog wasn’t nearly as bad as yesterday when I drove through the area on that Carquinez Bridge pictured. There was a heavy fog/low visibility alert, but it dissipated before we went out today. I particularly like the picture of coxswain Tori with the horn as we head back into the marina, something we do for safety, perhaps to the chagrin of those who live nearby or who live on their boats in the marina.
This morning’s row had some excitement. We could see snow on Mount Tamalpais in the distance, but much closer a seal was sitting on a rock, similar to the picture I took last year on Christmas Eve from my kayak. Unfortunately, I only got one shot of the seal before we had to get back to practice, but we saw it move and we didn’t want to disturb it by going too close.
If you look carefully at the mountain peaks, there is snow yonder!
Snow and seals may be in the distance in the rest of the photos from today.
It was a bit brisk when we started, but let there be no doubt that we row YEAR-ROUND. I’m thankful that we are able to do that due to our wonderful climate. Believe me, the chill goes away once you start rowing hundreds of times within an hour. During this row, I got some cool shots of the other boat “Joey” from Jeryn Lynn.
I don’t think I’ve ever posted a video of us rowing under the bridge(s) before, so here it is. It’s amazing how the noise of the traffic above comes and goes. It’s actually not that common that we row that far from the marina at Glen Cove, but when conditions are favorable like today, it’s really cool to do. We struggled to get there fighting against a strong current, but getting back to the marina was a breeze today.
I was back on the water today after a few weeks. What a gorgeous November day. We’re so lucky to live here and row all year round.
Tonight was one of the last evening rows of the year due to the completely unnecessary and bogus time change. I suppose the global rotation and our latitude have SOMETHING to do with the shortening daylight, but sheesh. Sailboats and sunsets make for a gorgeous evening, coupled with great weather continuing late into October. I keep reminding my row-mates how lucky we are to live here!
It was in the 90’s Fahrenheit when we started to row at 6 pm, but it cooled down to 89 by the time we finished. We got to see a gorgeous sunset, but despite the water being glass, there was quite a current we had to fight to get back to the marina.
The last few pictures are courtesy of rowing mates.
September 14:
September 15:
Women’s team doing full turns on Saturday: