Good luck, Malyka! We'll miss your daily presence, but I am sure you will still find a way to express your opinions remotely. :) And come visit--you know we will.

Congratulations to all the Armada Cup and PBC winners!

Bonus scenery shot--a hawk flies off the Old Cambridge Baptist Church at sunset.

Aleks! And holy crap, who is that in three seat???

Sometimes it feels like it was yesterday. And sometimes like it was in another lifetime. In reality, it was two years ago that I lost you, Margs. I will always love you, and I will always miss you, and I will forever be grateful for all the time we spent together. Thanks for teaching me about life, chocolate, Wallace and Gromit, bikes and love. You made me better, you made me faster, and you will always inspire me to push my limits. Thank you for everything.

(Picture taken at Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island of Hawaii. Someday I will be back to pound the Queen K highway and experience the wonder of Ali'i drive. For both of us.)

That is really just too adorable for words.

How many singles can you spot?

Probably the most impressive Sunday performance for RBC was the champ women's four getting into a collision and STILL getting 3rd. Nice job Mary Pat, Caitlin, Dominique, Paige and Danielle (I think that their coxswain).

Ok, Mike's performance on the party trolley was also pretty outstanding.

Hey Mom, look, it's me!!!

Congratulations to RBC members and HOCR Champions:

Jim McGaffigan

Tina Vandersteel

Sarah Schwegman

And Collen, Steph, Andi, Leigh, Alex, Rachel, Kit, Severine and Libby! (I know all of your last names, I just don't have time spell them properly. :))

Blue, but very blustery skies over the course. Hi, John!!!

Wonder why the executive director of HOCR looks so ... Schoched...

The calm before the storm... Tomorrow, the boat density will be a little more like the picture below. I just hope no one is dumb enough to go out in a pair for the next four days.

Hillary decided to do some quality control on the big red buoys last night.

Some of those Huskies look familiar..

By Thursday night, it will be a zoo. But tonight, it was just us chickens.

Bon Voyage, Mr. Dorian. We'll miss your limey presence! :)

Congratulations to Ernest and Kate!

Start of HOK3. Just a little thing we do at my rowing club, NBD.

Carolyn, don't worry, Tina's happily married. And the look on Sean's face was PRICELESS.

Sean is still at a loss for words. Congratulations to our HOK winners. And as the bonus, the head of THE Kevin is in the background.

I got a little lost in the basin yesterday...

Those aren't tracer bullets, they are boat lights.

Very reflective, Val.

Just another moonlit evening on the Charles.

Amooooo!

I bet that of all the things that happened on this trip, this will be one of the more memorable moments for Haidar. "Oh, that's just me, rowing with Jamie Koven, 1997 World Champion in the single, no big deal".

I just love hanging out under bridges with a few of my closest friends. Thanks to Chris for capturing this magic moment. Race photos are up here

I don't know Sean, they don't look THAT fat. :)

Mr. Booth, the comment field is yours(you might be able to get it). Everyone else, submit entries via email/google chat. Winner may be featured on the blog in the near future.

Tower, permission for fly by?

M2+ at trials. Yeah, it was that close.

Rowing about 1/4 slide, but still back in the boat, Dr. Kate!

Claire--"Am I going fast enough? Why, yes, I believe I am!" Official time 3:35:43.. Qualifying for Boston with over five minutes to spare.

And a glorious sunset from a few weeks ago, to cheer us all up.

Claire "I qualified for the Boston Maraton" Wallace, and friends at the finish line of the Maine Marathon! Woot! So proud of you!

Despite trials not quite turning out the wanted we wanted, it was still great to see Greg racing in the finals.

Pete, Pete, Pete, Pete, Pete, Pete!!!!

And Muff!

Also congratulations to Natalie, Esther, Meghan, Anthony, Will and Skip. And thank you for representing RBC to Andrew, Greg, Hillary, Ilse, Dave and Marika. And good racing, Mr. Ruckman. It was great to see you. Oh yeah, and not to forget the little people--Steve Young, nice driving. :) Rant over. Go on with your lives.

Oh yeah, and the eagle flew over right after Pete's race.