Triptych: my Echo's name, because when she was born, she had 3 parents - me, Dee Johnson and Scott Olson. Triptych, because we take trips in her.
Today -- on what could turn out to be the most perfect rowing day of the summer, with a gentle breeze, flat water, robin's egg blue skies and cool, dry air --- Bobbie was rowing my Triptych, and I was in the Maas Aero. But there was still a marvelous Triptych of Seth Pappas, Eileen Perry and me. We are well-matched in rowing speed and style, so we could row close together and occasionally talk and laugh as we floated on the surface of the sea. Threading the way between M-head rock and the Neck; out to the near side of Tinker's, where two young guys were doing that weird sport of paddling upright on a surf-board (paddle boarding?); over the VERY shallow shallows at Tinker's southern point, the rocks on the bottom as clear as the gravel in a fish tank; around past a fishing boat just on the windward side; out to Children's, where a scuba diver was hoping for some scallops for dinner; out past Eagle's Bar at low tide, dodging the rocks; and a simply beautiful run two-mile run back to shore, where "Bagels mitt schmear" and mimosas awaited.
What a perfect day! What great people to row with!
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Charlie, you are so right, it was perfect and I hope that our threesome continues to train together...that's what makes our club so awesome. It doesn't get any better.
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