Greatly magnified, one can see in the lower left that there was a sea lion on the rocks in Glen Cove today when we were rowing. This is above and beyond the dozen or so times a sea lion popped up and was within a few hundred yards of us during the first row today.

We mistakenly thought that these would be the last rows of the year, but we are hopefully rowing next week, weather permitting.

I’m barely in this video. In the foreground, you’ll see a fuzzy hat, which is my head as I prepare the whaleboat for going out.

The first row on Sunday morning was not dangerously foggy. We’ve had to cancel only a few times due to extreme fog. More often, we cancel because of higher-than-safe winds. Today was also windy and cold, but slightly warmer than yesterday. However, it is still worth getting up at 5:30am on a weekend for the privilege of doing this all year round!

Scott was our coxswain in training today and was taking his test for certification! It’s exciting to know we’ll have another coxswain available to take us out regularly, and I know he did well!