Looked better than it felt, but still, not a bad way to start a Monday.

The basin at dawn. First time visiting the BU bridge in quite some time. Nature delivered.

Found Neo(wise)!

Gevvie(and Gevvie, and Gevvie, and...) rowing by, back in May.

Sunset over the water.

Mmmmmm.... Lunch...

Was trying to take macro photos of the hydrangeas in the back yard, when this bee showed up.

Before and after the first 5K piece on Saturday. Just under 20 people, and hardly a launch to be seen anywhere. Coach G opted for the self propelled option, as well.

Just hanging out at the top of the basin.

Some video from last Wednesday.

Catherine and friends rowing by.

Not bad basin, not bad..

Pretty perfect out there this morning.

Basin was moody and shiny.

THAT's more like it!

Day three of rowing. Perfect time to do pieces with my friends who are training for a little race in Tokyo. Basin was not as excited to see me as I was, but it's good to be back!

We back, who this?

Mike's new Nelo.

Look, I baked during the pandemic!

More local wildlife.

They should have been getting ready for NCAAs right about now, but at least Anna and Daisy are on the water.

Coaches come in all species?

Russ was happy to hear us cheering

Cic and her new ride, all sparkles. (Right before our cheering interrupted her rowing). And yes, it was very cold morning.

If you expected a completely wake-free pandemic experience, you were wrong.

Some local wildlife.

Not what you'd expect to see at 7am in early May. Rowing clubs are still closed, but scullers are getting out there.

Mike Bannister going through Eliot. Took Paul for a morning stroll and took pictures of rowing for the first time in a few months.

Top 13 from the Men's Champ Eight at HOCR, in order of finish. For those concerned, NU is just slightly ahead of BU, but it was fun to have these two rivals right next to each other.

How's this character already one??? And yes, that is an adult sized cake slice.

Ilana coming back in as the Moon sets. Taken during the last week of rowing (for us, at least).

Before it all went sideways. One of the few rowing photos of the 2020 season.

New oars!

New oars, day one. Pretty photo, not the best row in the world. In retrospect, two-year old Croker oarlocks and brand new Concept II oars were NOT a match made in haven. Things got better from here, though.

That's pretty perfect. So perfect, I didn't wait until Wednesday to post it. :)

Nik

Tina

Steve

Rob

Libby and Ilana

Ava

Alex and Amel

Keara

Kelsey and Annalise

Nate and Bill.
All in all, pretty good weekend for Riverside at the CRASH-Bs / USRowing Indoor National Championships.

Sunrise at Longfellow

Sean handling the rough conditions like a champ.

Sunrise and liquid water.

Blue hour at Longfellow.

Heartbreaking news about the Holy Cross women's team. Florida training was probably the most fun I had rowing in college, and to have that turn into a deadly crash... My thoughts and prayers are with the team, and all the families of those impacted by the crash, especially (and unfortunately obviously) that of Grace Rett.

40 minutes after snow squal blew through town, this was pretty awesome.