9/21

[fish]

row red

i try to be on the water 30 minutes before sunrise = civil twilight.

out long enough to see sunlight through sea smoke.

[fish]

row red

They tell me that the full moon closest to the Autumnal Equinox is the harvest moon.

2021 = yesterday and today.

I try to get on the water just at civil twilight, which is a half hour before dawn.
The moon had not set yet and the sky was clear, so I was rowing through the sea smoke with the harvest moon low in the sky.
I put it directly behind the boat, so the effect was the moon shine shimmering right down my colonnade.
With the full full moon hanging right there, or so it seemed.

I got two runs along that route before the moon set.
And by that time the sun was just below the opposite horizon.
So I got the same effect, but oh, so different, with the dawn's early light.

[Smoke]

Cool taking the time to notice stuff like that, I get to work in the dark and always look up to check out the sky. Moon was out this morning.

[fish]

row red

glad to have flashing lights, motor boat in the dark.

[fish]

row red

overcast, but warm

dawn is on the other side of 6:30 so it's easier getting up and out.

up at 4:44

about an hour or so after Smoke.

[Smoke]

Or so…. Alarm goes off @ 3

[fish]

row red

i reckon backwards 1:45 from dawn to get up time.

dawn is now at 6:30 ish.

want to be out on the water at twilight which is 1/2 hour before dawn.

want to get to spot with 10-15 minutes to get boat from truck to water.

takes just under 1/2 hour to drive to lake

need 1/2 hour about to get from the sheets to the truck.

in the spring, when the sun rises at 5, i get up a little closer to your alarm.

but 3:00 am is early any time of year.

you put in long days.

[fish]

row red

started to rain on the trip home.

leaves changing more on the west side of the lake.

[Smoke]

Yea, changing here too! I’ll be raking for weeks this year. Everything is so thick and full.

[fish]

row red

breezy to the point that i had to stay on the lower 1/3 of the lake.

the wind was blowing straight up, so it got choppy at the upper middle and end.

spring and fall are like that.

yellow boat time.The red boat has a round bottom, 11 inches wide at the waterline.

roll roll roll your boat ...

[fish]

row yellow

waited til twilight and changed boats.

same conditions as yesterday, but yellow boat is much more stable.

changed seat position.

red boat 26' long

yellow boat 21' long

red boat 11 " wide at waterline

yellow boat 18 " wide  at waterline

red boat 33 lbs

yellow boat 45 lbs

makes a difference loading and unloading.

getting it from the ground to over your head and balanced is a nice move.

functional fitness

[Smoke]

I’m impressed with your tenacity.