Happy Birthday to United States of America and to your citizens!
If I have got my arithmetics right it is 240 years since George Washington declared independence.
Going well here. The W wind came a little later than forecast last night, pushing us the right way very nicely, thank you! Waiting for it last night I had 4 tough hours in light side wind and continuous fog and drizzle. But warming up inside and getting supper becomes particularly enjoyable after an uncomfortable session.
Again the MP3 player well protected inside my jacket, cap and hood kept me going. I finished with the 17 min of George Gershwin’s “Rapsody in Blue”.
It’s another favourite. It’s mainly a piano concert, but there are great pieces in there for many other solo instruments, towards the end violin, for example. The clarinet in the beginning is just wonderful. I play that instrument as an amateur, but that bit I cannot master…
Warm night in the sleeping bag, being tossed around a bit, I did not mind each time I saw the speed and direction on the screen.
Lovely sunrise piercing the condensation on my hatch, but fog took over within 10 mins! Now, a couple of hours later, sun is breaking through again. We need good charging, not least for this iPad! Now off to row.