The Harvest Moon…

This past Sunday on the cruise back from dinner at the Fort Washington Marina, we noticed the moon rising behind us and had to stop the boat to try to capture it. It was the harvest moon and even though the full phase of the moon was the night before (I think?), it was still a spectacular site… especially from the water! For shooting free hand from the back of a rocking boat, I’d say the photos turned out pretty good, but I really wish I’d been on a stable platform with a tripod… then they would have been awesome!
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Weekly Twitter Updates: 2009-10-04

• We had an awesome time at the Annandale chili cook-off with @dkline2! Always great to see ya Bro… hope you had a safe trip home!! #
• Crap… I hate the cold!! My nose starts running when ever the temperature drops below 70 degrees… time to move South!! #
• News Flash… Chicago will NOT host the 2016 Olympics! http://bit.ly/fBdBb #
• I'm getting excited about playing some hockey tonight… too bad the puck doesn't drop for another 5 hours or so…. (very late game!!) #
• Four hours and counting till the puck drops for the Capitals home opener at Verizon Center… it's time to 'Rock The Red'!!!! #
• Heading to the boat… gonna try out the Fort Washington Marina Restaurant today for lunch on the water!! #

Weekly Twitter Updates: 2009-09-27

• The weekends really need to be at least a day longer…!!! #
• How many of you out there are still using IE6? There is a better way… http://bit.ly/1JwkWl #
• My web server is really starting to piss me off!!!! It's way too late for this kind of crap….!!!! #
• Web server working normally again. Really freaky… when you lose RSS support you lose a lot of key administrative functionality in WP! #
• I'm looking forward to some hockey tonight! First game of the new season at KCI w/ reigning division champions… The Ballston Tropics!! #

The ‘Girls Day’ Boating Excursion…

Julie asked me some time ago, if I could make myself available to take her and some of her girlfriends out on our boat before the end of the summer. So after much planning, we decided to put together a boating day for the girls this past Saturday…. and it turned out to be a fabulous day with nothing but blue skies and sunshine! We started the day with a quick cruise out to the channel between Occoquan and Mattawoman Creek and then back to Occoquan Bay where we stopped long enough to take some pictures of the Rock Island Wreck (a very popular attraction lately!)

Then it was on to Belmont Bay where we found a nice shallow spot just off the beach to drop anchor and spend the rest of the afternoon. I admit I might have gone a little over-board with all the food (grilled shrimp, steak and veggie kabobs) but hey, it was Julies idea and from the looks on their faces I would say her friends totally enjoyed it! Anyway, it was a truly enjoyable day for all and as I said back at the dock, I wouldn’t hesitate to do it again in a second… just give me a heads up!

I’ve added some photos from the day to my journal gallery… just click the link below. For those of you who where there, I will send out an email soon with the URL where you can download the full sized image files for making prints.
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Weekly Twitter Updates: 2009-09-20

• Another star is lost to cancer… Patrick Swayze will be greatly missed in the entertainment community! #
• And yet another reason to make the switch to Google Chrome… http://bit.ly/yC9mO #
• Поздравляю с Днем Рождения, Александр Овечкин! #
• Heading out to pickup food for the 'girls day' boating excursion tomorrow… Captain Doug will be serving steak, shrimp and veggie kabobs! #
• Another perfect boating day in Belmont Bay….!! #

The Rock Island Wreck…

This past Sunday, after anchoring and rafting up with friends at Belmont Bay, I learned that there had been a mishap on the river the night before. This is all second hand information, but it seems that a couple of fellows in a small Wellcraft power boat ended up launching their boat onto Rock Island just South of the Occoquan River Inlet. At first I was under the impression that they had just run aground on the rocks when they got too close to the island, but my friends assured me that was not the case.

After hearing the story of how the entire boat was up on the island… well I had to go see it for myself. So on our way back to the marina we took a detour out to the island and sure enough, the boat looked like it had been set atop the island with a crane! This was a way funny site, but I do hope the two people in the boat were okay. Hitting a land mass like this at speed could kill someone!! Maybe it’s time to put up a navigational marker light… you think!?
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Weekly Twitter Updates: 2009-09-14

• Having to work on Saturday really sucks! At least tomorrow should be nice day weather wise… looking forward to spending it on the boat!! #

Weekly Twitter Updates: 2009-09-06

• Meetings today and half of tomorrow… Having to work while on vacation in Bermuda = Bummer!! #
• Dinner tonight @ the Thomas Moore Tavern… one of the oldest and finest restaurants in Bermuda… should be awesome!! #
• Is hanging poolside today, killing off the afternoon until the cocktail party this evening @the club… Damn, there r some white ppl here! #
• One last breakfest in paradise, then a stroll on the beach… now it's time to head back to reality. I always hate to leave this place… #

Weekly Twitter Updates: 2009-08-30

• I really need to start packing for Bermuda. I'll start with the important stuff tonight… the underwater camera equipment! #
• New blog post: First In Our Divison! http://bit.ly/Z1qcM #
• Yahoo mail?: Ha, I guess you get what you pay for… and don't what you don't! #
• Hanging @ Rio Grande waiting on Mike… #
• Another nice night out catching up with my Brother… now I really need to start packing! Bermuda is just two days away…!! #
• I'm really looking forward to seeing @realkatebeck in her new movie "White Out" when it finally hits the theaters! #
• I'm really looking forward to seeing @realkatebeck in her new movie 'White Out' when it finally hits the theaters in September!! #
• Who's your favorite Washington area sports star? http://bit.ly/11Xkqs #
• All packed up and ready for Bermuda! Cab picks us up at 6am for our ride to National… time to crash!! #
• At the airport waiting on the plane… This is one of my favorite places to people watch. #
• Finally… On the plane and on our way! #
• Putting together my underwater camera system for the first dive of the trip tomorrow morning… I love shipwrecks! #
• Dinner and drinks with family and friends @ Tuckers Point beach club tonight… Another fantastic night in Bermuda! #

First In Our Divison!

This season one of my hockey teams, The Ballston Tropics, finished with an outstanding record of 13-1-2 to put us in the top seed in our division. With only the playoffs left to go, were looking forward to a possible first for our relatively new teams history… that’s right, a championship! Here’s a few photos from the final regular season game against Team Navy. Go Tropics…!!!
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