Okay, that was overly dramatic. No hail until I was putting the boat back up on the roof. But pretty close to frostbite on my fingers.
The usual gulls and ducks, but I did see some migrating ducks in the air.
Century Club: Greg Brennan
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
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Photo courtesy of Kate Charbonneau
What a beautiful morning. Frost on the ground and the windshields. Light breeze blowing out of Back Creek and the water was barely moving. Seaguls overhead and the entire Severn dotted with black ducks in small rafts and singles.
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
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About 34 Farenheit with winds coming out of Back Creek. I saw several low flocks of migrating birds, black ducks I think. Some of them flew right overhead.
Cold feet, and bad grip on the oars with smooth gloves on under my fingerless rowing gloves.
Sunday, November 26, 2023
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It was a bit sporty in the Bay and the Severn this morning so I rowed up the creek for the first time in a while. Those posts up in the shallows without markers on them sure blend into the woods in back of them. I dodged one of them then ran straight into the second a full speed. Sophie is okay except the first couple of inches of the rub rail is a little shattered.
I saw a flock of 500 ducks in Vs heading south and just a couple of gulls other than that.
Friday, November 17, 2023
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Uneventful row with a completely exquisite sunrise.
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
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I vastly undershot my marks this morning and had to make a couple of hauls straight up stream to get to my first buoy and then to Back Creek. It was just windy enough to make it interesting and not a lot of wave action at all.
Saw a small flock of black ducks flying by quite close to me.
Saturday, November 11, 2023
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Cool and moist this morning but there was a lovely sunrise and not much wind and wave.
On the way home a cruise ship (AMERICAN CONSTITUTION) was approaching from the Bay. Unfortunately I'd left my VHF on after the last row and killed the battery. She blasted her horn at me to let me know, I presume, that she was restricted in draft and did not intend to give way. Note that I was not in the channel at the time. I made an obvious course correction, shipped my oars, and watched her pass. It was very interesting to row through the wake of such a big ship. No pressure wave at all but the churning eddys from the props shoved Sophie all over the place. It was like being in the Great Falls rapids.
Tuesday, November 7, 2023
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Uneventful row, although the wind was up and the waves high, they were far apart and rolling and not an impediment. It was nice to be out in the daylight again. Out in the anchorage there is what looks to be one of Harold Burnham's pinky schooners, but I don't know what one would be doing way down here in the Chesapeake.
On the way in, in the distance, I saw 100 to 150 birds migrating just above the water in V formation. Too far away to tell what they were though.
Friday, October 27, 2023
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Just out among the marshes. Very smooth and clear and air temp around sixty.
Thursday, October 26, 2023
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Rowed north through the marsh. Saw crabs and Willets on the bank and was attacked by a sneaky crab pot.