News From An Acorn

Musing the Can

I row on a team with other guys three times a week. On my non-rowing days I walk along a shore road, around an old fort, and loop back for a 2.5 mile brist walk very early in the morning. Last week the wind was howling and it was bitter cold as well so I kept my ski cap on and hood up from start to finish. As most people know, sounds are muffled when your ears are covered and that, coupled with the nylon hood flapping madly in the wind added its own demention of distraction. Still, I kept hearing this far-off "tinkling" sound

River Runs

We have a saying among the Buzzards team members that "what happens in the boat stays in the boat!" It's a good rule, unless a story is just too good not to share! So I'll leave the names out to protect the innocent and shield the guilty!

Rowing Whaleboats!

"Ready All? Pull Together!"

Some of my friends are happy for me when I announce that I'm going rowing with a team of other guys at 5:45 in the morning, but they're happier still that they're not with us!

This is the first post in a new category called "Ready All? Pull Together!" in which I hope to give you a glimpse of the sights, sounds and experiences of this activity.

One whaleboat, 29 feet long. Five rowers and one boatsteerer. That's all the power we need.

I've always been an early riser, so rowing three times a week at 5:45 in the morning is never an issue for me. But to get out there, on the water, and make this little vessel go using only the power that each of us arrived with, is the draw for me. No engine to power up or maintain. No fuel costs either! No sails to hoist, trim, set or care for either. Just me, just five others, oars, camaraderie, and time on the water.