Vesper Boat Club - Throwback Thursday

Someone out there in Blogville has decided that Thursday should be the day to feature old stuff - most likely Tillerman's idea as his blog is where I've picked up Throwback Thursday as a regular feature. This seems to something worthwhile to occasionally emulate on Earwigoagin (when the spirit moves).

Recreational rowing is the oldest modern amateur watersport, with clubs proliferating in the U.S. just after the Civil War. Boathouse Row on Philadelphia's Schuylkill River is a neighborhood of river-front rowing clubs. One of these clubs on Boathouse Row, Vesper Boat Club, founded in 1865,  and featured in this following video, is probably the most storied rowing club in the U.S.



Vesper Club...A Classic Venue from BNProducers on Vimeo.

Small Boats; View from the front yard

About a month ago, I took my trusty digicam on a boat tour of my front yard. I must acknowledge the patience of my wife, though stretched at times, has looked the other way at what others in our neighborhood (not so nautically enlightened) may consider an eyesore, all those #%@#$$ boats.