RIVER FISHING NEEDED STAT

I love to river fish. I don't know why. My family did a fair amount of river fishing in my youth, and perhaps that's where it stems from. I like the scenery around rivers. I like the flow of the water. If you're in the right part of the state, you can hear the water rushing through rapids or small waterfalls, creating a very relaxing sound. I've camped around small waterfalls before, and it was one of the best nights sleep ever.

The only thing that comes close to sleeping next to a waterfall or some rapids is sleeping on a sailboat with a cabin, anchored in a bay. The boat gets swayed by the waves, and the wind blows an ethereal song on the metal halyards and ropes striking the mast. If there is a light wind blowing, it's hard to beat a night sleeping anchored in a bay listing to the sounds of the boat. It's peaceful. Natural. Calming.

I feel relaxed when I am fishing on a river. I can feel the power of the water, and everything underwater changes in seconds with the flow of the river. The ecosystem that surrounds the river is also something I love to see. It too, relaxes, and makes you feel more at one with the earth.

I'm constantly seeking new locales to river fish. It's getting near time to catch the bass and perch spawning and to find catfish getting real hungry again. The last two springs, Billy Ray and I have visited two locales on the Llano. One near the town of Llano and one near Mason. We had cabins at both places, and the trip to the part of the river near Llano, Texas got a bit chilly for any good fishing. Fishing was much better up near the Mason portion of the river.

We have not planned a trip this year, but I'm sure we'll do so in the next few weeks. A friend of mine was telling me that rainbow trout are surviving year round in the upper reaches of one certain river, near it's headwaters, and it's quite a ways to the south and west of the Guadalupe.

I don't want to start any unfounded rumors as to which river this is at this point, but this seems like exactly the type of fact finding mission Billy Ray and I need. Go local. Talk to the locals. Find places to fish on the river.

In any event, even if there are few or no rainbows to be caught, this particular river has a variety of perch and small bass that will be adequate fodder in case the rumors are not true. My friend, the one who told me of this rainbow rumor, visits that area quite often and knows a lot of folks in that area. He can give us some contacts that will make finding a place to fish and set up a fishing camp much easier.

I've long been wanting to run a trot line, and El Fisho Jr. has never had the experience. I have access to a small boat and motor just right for some night time river trotlining, and of course you never know what you'll catch on a trot line.

Likewise, I like lazy river fishing too, from an easy chair. I've been shopping around for a heavy duty folding chair that has a small shade over the chair, to keep the sitter in the shade. I like having a couple of rods in the rodholders right next to the chairs with baits in likely spots. Sitting back. Pondering my surroundings. Relaxing.

I need to go river fishing, stat.

OCEAN CITY REELS: PART ONE -THE TOPSAIL No. 922

I've looked for information for a line of reels made in days of yore made by the Ocean City Mfg. Co, out of Philadelphia, PA. Not much information could be found by me online, and I found other queries looking for information about this now defunct company.

I own several Ocean City level wind reels, very similar to Penn reels. I got mine from my Grandfather, and both are in like new condition. One even has the dacron line he used on it, but the other has been fished with using a Bamboo heavy duty pier fishing rod belonging to my Grandfather and has more recent modern line on it.

I have the boxes for both reels, as that is how my Grandfather kept his fishing gear. Lures were in their boxes in tackle boxes, carefully dried and stored after each fishing trip. Likewise with his reels and rods, washed and dried and lubed and cleaned thoroughly. I have a collection of rods and reels and lures and tackle boxes that are in, more or less, the same condition they were in anywere from the 1930's to the 1960's when new. I've kept them up, as I do all of my fishing gear, although I'm not as fastidious with my gear as Grandpa was.

In the reel box is a receipt dated August 24, 1955 from Foster & Company, Wholesale Sporting Goods out of Fresno, California. It shows an order of fishing stuff being shipped to my Great-Grandfather in a town in California, back when both my mom's parents and grandparents were living and working in California during the boom days. My Grandfather worked for GM, and had a great job, but they all really missed living in East Texas.

But while in California my Grandfather and his father-in-law made the most of the coastal fishing they were near. I'm sure this reel saw a lot of use on the various piers that dot the California coast

On the box, it says "Topsail, All purpose large capacity level wind reel holding 200 yards of line, and that this reel features:
-removable Level Wind
-Two extra pawls
-multiple washer star drag
-anti-backlash control
-synchro-mesh gears
-self lubricating bearings
-on-off click
-chrome plated spool

As I said, I have a twin of this reel that I have used regularly for saltwater pier fishing and for freshwater cat fishing. It's basically an early design Penn reel, as least as how it operates, and some 60 years later, they're still going strong. The insides are still pristine and I have no doubt El Fisho Jr. will enjoy these reels for many years after I am gone. They might even make it several more generations.

More about Ocean City Reels later along with some pictures.

WHITE BASS FISHING

There might be a white bass fishing trip in the offing soon. I have a new fishing buddy, whose son is a good friend of El Fisho Jr. We are both native Texans and enjoy fishing for a variety of fresh and saltwater fishes. He is real personable and I think he and Billy Ray will also get along, as Billy Ray is a near constant companion with El Fisho Jr and I on fishing expeditions.

The white bass will be "running" soon and according to some accounts, are already beginning to run in certain parts of Central Texas, where we plan to go fishing.

Time to go fishing.

TRAVELING AND FISHING

I'll be doing some traveling this year, some for work and some for pleasure. For sure, I'll be heading to LA soon, and at least once more later this fall. We're heading to the East Coast for a family vacation this summer, and we will pass through many states with good fishing.

I've get to go lecture at seminars in Fort Lauderdale and Seattle this year, and those are always very enjoyable conferences as I have many friends from all over the nation that meet at these events.

I plan to set aside a few extra days, to do some Washington State fishing for sure, as I have several good friends who live up there. One of them is a big fisherman, with both salt water and river fishing boats, who lives not far from Seattle on the water in an idyllic picture postcard of a town. If I get lucky I might get one day of fishing each in salt water and on an inland river.

I've got a retired Texas judge friend who is raising various crops and doing quite well selling to the organic folks at the grassroots farmers markets. I think he's got a creek running through his place with trout in it.

And another dear friend who lives in Tacoma who I'd like to spend a day with. He's a real hoot, and we haven't gotten together in 9 years, since the last time we hooked up in NOLA for a week.

I have not forgotten about fishing in Florida. The seminar hotel is across the street, a short stroll, from the beach. I've fished this area of beach several times. I can get in a couple of hours of fishing that day, so I won't have to bring too much stuff. Perhaps some spoons and a few plugs and jigs with and without soft plastics. I'll probably bring whatever GULP! baits imitate the local baitfish and food chain members, as I've had very good luck with their different baits.

Finally, I day dream a lot about a short foray into the Golden Trout Wilderness in California. I'm hoping that one day soon I can bootstrap a fishing trip there after one of my journeys to LA. In fact, I'm pretty sure I can do everything I need to do in LA in two days, finishing at about 11 A.M on the second day, meaning on the road to the Sierras by 11:01 A.M.

It's not too far a drive from LA to the eastern side the the Sierras, and after taking a few days of hiking and fishing some remote lakes and streams, we could hotfoot it over to Nevada for the flight home. I keep trying to talk Billy Ray into it and maybe I will one day. I don't care to do any serious back country hiking by myself, although I have contemplated it. You've got to do at least one night camping each way to get to the spots I'd like to fish.

I've been wanting to hit those mountains again. I made a brief diversion into some of the wilderness areas surrounding the Kern River and various other fishing locales to the east of there some years ago hooked me on the area. It's very fishy.

It's one of those places I'd like to live if I won the lotto one day. There are some great towns in the area, small towns full of real people.

GARY P. NUNN'S "WHAT I LIKE ABOUT TEXAS"

There's an excellent slide show on youtube featuring pictures of places we know and love in Texas. I'm usually not much for slide shows set to music, but seeing as how I've been to a bunch of these places, it brings back a lot of memories. It also makes me want to hit the road, and head to Terlingua, or the Frio River, or any other number of places featured in the song.

For any native Texan, the song and accompanying slide show might bring a tear to your eye. As Texas changes every day it seems, days like those shown in the photos are fading quickly, and I wonder what kind of Texas our kids will have to live in 40 years from now?

Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=PGukLuXzH1E

FAVORITE ALBUM OF ALL TIME: THE GIL EVANS ORCHESTRA PLAYS THE MUSIC OF JIMI HENDRIX

Here in the great state of Texas, up towards Austin way, we have the trumpet/jazz equivalent of Jimi Hendrix. A very nice man, none other than Hannibal Lokumbe.

A native of Smithville, Texas, formerly known as Marvin "Hannibal" Peterson, he first got on my radar screen in the early 1970's when I was in junior high and playing drums in the school band. Hannibal was then playing trumpet with avaunt garde bandleader, arranger and composer Gil Evans, and lots of other folks.

Playing in Gil's band then were a lot of great musicians who are pretty well known in several genres of music, and I'll talk about some of them later. My junior high and high school band directors just thought his music was "IT", and they often played it for some of us who had an interest in jazz and rock and blues and the in-between where the Gil Evans Orchestra of the 1970's and 1980's often lay. Likewise, the other drummers and kids in the band often traded albums back and forth of various artists they liked, and many of these albums were jazz albums of various types.

How Jimi, Gil and Hannibal all come together in an essay is because of the music of Jimi Hendrix, and the love of that music by Gil Evans and Hannibal.

Folks who don't know jack about jazz music, like one of my Austin friends, will say things about Hannibal like "He used to play with Fats Domino". I don't know if that's true, but I know his sister used to sing backup for Fats. But playing with Fats ain't what Hannibal is world famous for. There are many things he's made a name of himself musically regarding, but perhaps the most interesting to me personally is the Jimi Hendrix connection.

Hannibal says in a recent Austin Chronicle article that he never met Jimi. Back in those days, Hannibal's oft-times employer in the early 70's through the mid 80's was famed conductor, arranger, composer and jazz pianist Gil Evans. This Austin Chronicle article from last month is a pretty informative story about Hannibal and they only missed one stellar moment on the album pictured above. Here's the story http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A960857.

The article mentions that Hannibal sang the vocal on the tune "Crosstown Traffic", but he also sang the stunning end of song vocals on the legendary "Little Wing".

Little Wing is a much covered song. There are numerous of versions of it out there by

many famous artists. Some of my favorites include those by Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughn.

But my absolute favorite version is by The Gil Evans Orchestra. If you're a fan of horns and music that features very tasty horn playing, and if you're open to listening to a unique mix of jazz, rock, r&b and soul in Gil's arrangements of some of Hendrix's more popular work, then you'll love this album.

Playing lots of trumpet solos throughout this album is Hannibal. Hannibal's website http://www.hanniballokumbe.com/

Hannibal hails from Smithville, Texas, but the late sixties found him playing trumpet in New York City, which of course was the only real destination for a gifted young trumpeter looking to have a career in music. It was a heady time of change and experimentation, of course, in many aspects, including music, society, culture and so many other aspects. And Hannibal was no different.

Although he began his own orchestra back in the thirties, Gil Evans rose to fame in the 50's as the composer and arranger of some of Miles Davis's early works that shot Miles to fame. Later, moving on to his own progressive jazz compositions, Evans became known himself for his unique mastery of many forms of jazz, which ranged from traditional to highly electric and improvisational. Gil played the keyboards, often in the 1970's and 1980's he was perched behind an electric Fender Rhodes piano, a very expressive and interesting instrument.

Hannibal, then known as Marvin "Hannibal" Peterson, played with Gil for many years, beginning in the early 1970s. At that time, Gil Evans was fascinated with the music of Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix, legend has it, had tired of record companies dictating what his albums should sound like and had all kinds of unique musical visions as to where he imagined his music would go. I'll note that on every album or cd that I have of Gil Evans where Hannibal appears, Hannibal generally gets featured artist or second billing, right behind Gil, on Gil's albums. That's saying something.

At the same time, the late 1960's and the early 1970's, jazz was going through some changes as well. Bitches Brew by Miles Davis set a benchmark for adding electric instruments and beats to jazz stylings, and numerous other bands made their marks in the those days with their own unique forms of jazz rock. Fusion would soon follow, but in these days before the birth of what I think of as fusion jazz music, rock and jazz never came closer as they did with Miles, with The Tony Williams bands , The Gil Evans Orchestra and the Mahavishnu Orchestra.

Hendrix was there too, buddy. All of these musical folks were traveling the same highways, as it were, and Gil Evans arranged to do some composing and recording with Hendrix. Everyone except the Hendrix's record company was thrilled at the entry of Hendrix via Gil Evans into this new jazz rock fray, and recording time was booked, with those dreams only to be dashed by the untimely death of Jimi.

Undaunted, Gil Evans decided that if he couldn't make new music with his friend Jimi, he would honor the music Jimi had already written by rearranging it and performing it with his unique Gil Evans Orchestra.

And that's where Hannibal comes into the picture. A quick review of who was in the Gil Evans Orchestra at the time of the release of The Gil Evans Orchestra plays the music of Jimi Hendrix is stout enough to amaze even the amateur music fan. Future star David Sanborn on Alto Sax. Stellar jazz guitarists John Abercrombie and Ryo Kawasaki on electric guitar. Marvin "Hannibal" Peterson on trumpet and lead vocals (more on this in a moment).

There were many more talented folks in Gil's orchestra, but those are the names that will catch the eye of the casual music listener from that era. Oh, and two more members that later were famous for being in the first Saturday Night Live band in the mid-70's, a goodly portion of which then became The Blues Brothers Band, namely Tom "Bones" Malone and Lew Soloff. These guys have played in lots of bands since then and are great players.

The Gil Evans Hendrix album is all instrumental, save for Little Wing and Crosstown Traffic, sang by none other than Hannibal. He also plays a fearsome trumpet solo in little wing, a moving emotional solo that echos the emotion feel of Gil's interpretation of this Hendrix classic.

Again, many other artists have had success with Little Wing. Clapton, Beck, Stevie Ray and Eric Johnson are among the guitar legends who have done justice to this Hendrix classic of the blues. Stevie Ray's version earned him a grammy in the 1980's. It's a popular song.

But none of those, save for the original by Hendrix, contain the same moving vocals that Hannibal delivers on Little Wing. The Evans version begins as an instrumental, but at the end of the song, Hannibal sings the verse and chorus, upon which the song ends amidst a sparse bass and drum accompaniment.

Indeed, Evan's Little Wing is not guitar dominated, instead having a distorted bass lead-in followed by a horn dominated melody. The electric guitars are there, in Gil's version, to be sure, and they are playing some rocking guitar, but they are under the sea of horns and synths and bass and most of all, Hannibal's trumpet and eerily-captivating vocals.

But for me, an ardent Hendrix fan and a guy who thinks Little Wing might be one of the best love songs ever written, it's a special song. His vocals and trumpet are the only thing that comes close, in my opinion, to the emotion that Hendrix conveyed in 1967 when he first recorded the song. There are, as with many songs, several levels and interpretations that can come from this song. It's nice to know that Hannibal is a fellow Texan.

I can't help but wonder what Little Wing would have sounded like with both Hannibal, Gil and Hendrix sharing the stage with Gil's band, with Hannibal and Hendrix sharing vocals, and and Hannibal, Hendrix, Evans, Sanborn and others soloing off of each other. It never happened, but boy, the earth might have momentarily stopped if they had performed that song together.

I would recommend the Gil Evans plays the music of Jimi Hendrix if you're curious about Hannibal and his great talents but you're not really a jazzer. If you like rock, or Hendrix, and you'd like to hear an extremely talented orchestra interpret some of his best works, than get it. You're not likely to find it at Barnes and Noble or Best Buy, but you can get it on Amazon and any number of other online music sellers.

Many people like me, who were raised with classic rock and love all kinds of classic rock still, bemoan the fact there is no "good" new music. Well friends, let me invite you to travel back to 1974, when Gil Evans, with the help of Hannibal and other stellar musicians, pay tribute to the genius that was Hendrix.

Hannibal is the same kind of musical individualist that Jimi Hendrix was. That's a bold statement, I know. I'm not saying he's better, I'm not saying he's worse. That really doesn't matter. They're in the same class, in terms of inventiveness. Making something new, that no one has ever heard before. And being very joyful about it. The one thing you take away from seeing Hannibal play live is the joy that he brings to his music and his playing.

Several years ago, Billy Ray and I saw world famous guitarist Eric Johnson share the stage with Hannibal at a benefit for a Texas charity for children. It was at a private home, an expensive, large, expansive and absolutely fancy home. A jazz band composed of some of the best of Texas jazzers from Houston, Austin and Dallas were on stage backing the Eric and Hannibal. After finishing a jazz tune, Eric busted into the intro to "Voodoo Chile" (if memory serves).

He and Hannibal did a call and response for an extended intro. A very extended intro. You could see the look of absolute admiration and awe in Eric's eyes at the riffs Hannibal was throwing out. Eric at one point appeared stunned with the brilliance of the riffs Hannibal was blowing.

Not everyone knew what was going on, but Billy Ray and I did.

Billy Ray has been subjected to listening to this album on many occasions by me over much of the course of our near thirty year friendship, and he has heard me go on and on about the greatness of this album on many other occasions. Billy Ray likes this album, but for himself would probably pick something by The Who, Led Zeppelin or Hendrix as his all time favorite album.

What was happening onstage with Eric and Hannibal was that Hannibal had been rocking "Voodoo Chile: Slight Return" with a bunch of wild, talented and improvisational musicians for many, many years playing with Gil Evans. When Eric threw down with his admittedly excellent version, well, Hannibal had a few things of his own to throw down. It was just an amazing event that I'm glad I got to see.

If you like jazz, then you probably already know about Gil Evans and his importance as a bandleader, composer and arranger. This Jimi Hendrix tribute by Gil, although recorded nearly 40 years ago, remains a very accessible musical vehicle for anyone who loves Hendrix and might like to hear a very talented take on his music, done with lots of admiration and little commercial viability in mind. In other words, done for the music.

Gil Evans died in the late 1980's, but lived a full musical life. His 1980's "Live at Sweet Basil's" double album features a 20 minute version of "Stone Free" that simply rocks the casbah.

To close out this lengthy article, I'll include a wiki link in case you want to know more about Gil Evans: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Evans

TEXAS WHITE BASS IN COLORADO BEND STATE PARK

This picture is from this website, which has an excellent commentary of Colorado Bend State Park. Here's an interesting quote about wild goats and some suspected mountain lions:

From the parking lot, start walking downstream (to your right if you're facing the river.) The path will take you beside the river for about half a mile. As I was walking along, I came upon a herd of wild goats. A few months earlier, I had done a kayak trip on the river and our guide had said that Spanish goats lived in the area and that they were the preferred meal for mountain lions. Turns out mountain lions (though they'd have to be called cougars or panthers around here, I suppose, since there are no mountains anywhere near here) have in fact been seen in the area. Seems that they are expanding their territory once again.

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I've been hearing that the white bass are spawning (or "running" as it is often called) in East Texas already. In a couple of weeks, it'll start in Central Texas, and I was thinking about one of my favorite places in the Hill Country to do some white bass fishing.

As a kid, we'd often spend part of spring break fishing in one or more of the fishing camps that were located near Bend, Texas. The accomodations at these camps were a bit rustic for my mom and sister, so we'd always stay in fairly nearby Lampassas. Sulpher Springs, Lemons Fishing Camp and Gorman Falls were the three camps that were there in the 1970's.

Now Lemons and Gorman Falls are the Colorado Bend State Park. It's just gorgeous up there, and springtime is the perfect time to visit. http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/colorado_bend/

As it says below, the busy season is the Spring White Bass Run. I've done quite a bit of fly fishing during the runs, and it's just a blast to catch these fish on a fly rod.

There used to be another fishing ranch in the area, I believe it was called Jim's or Indian Jim's or something like that. It featured a $5 entrance fee and great access to many parts of the Colorado. At the time, the early 90's, Billy Ray and I stumbled across the place and found lots of spots on the river we could pull right up next to. I recall putting folding chairs out in shin deep water and fishing in a deep pool off of a large gravel bar which had a huge overhanging cliff on the opposite side of the river.

In any event, it's not a big secret, but I suspect there is always room for more anglers.

Right now, with all of the rain Central Texas and the Hill Country have been getting, it should be a good spawn, or at least the conditions are right for a good spawn.

Here's an edited version of the information from the above link:
Colorado Bend State Park
Box 118 Bend, TX 76824 325/628-3240
Texas Outdoor Family workshop will be held at this park on Saturday - Sunday (May 15-16, 2010).

History: Colorado Bend State Park, a 5328.3-acre facility, is located west of Lampasas in San Saba and Lampasas counties. The park site was purchased partly in 1984, with the balance acquired in 1987; the park was subsequently opened in 1987.
The park is located at the former sites of the Gorman and Lemons Ranches above Lake Buchanan.

Activities: The park currently offers the outdoor enthusiast access to primitive camping, hiking, fishing, which at certain times is terrific, swimming, mountain biking, birding, and nature watching, and guided tours. The park has 15.8 miles of hiking trails and 14 miles of mountain bike trails. When Lake Buchanan is near normal levels, the river is navigable from the park's boat ramp all the way to the lake, approximately 10 miles. This is a trip on slow moving water through the beautiful canyon lands of the Colorado.

Tours: There is a guided tour to Gorman Falls on Saturdays at 2:00 p.m. The tour lasts about two hours and includes a 1 ½ mile round trip hike. Reservations are not taken for this tour. Gorman Falls is also accessible without a guided tour. There are two trails for day use hiking (3 miles and 5 miles round trip). The park also offers guided walking wild cave tours and self guided crawling cave explorations. Due to various hazards in the caves such as low oxygen levels and poisonous gases and the fact that the caves are a non-renewable natural resource, ALL CAVES in the park are closed except through tour or special permit. Reservations are highly recommended for the cave tours due to the limited number of people which can be taken on any given tour. Contact the park (325/628-3240) to make reservations and check questionable weather conditions. Substantial footwear is recommended for all tours. Check the Calendar for tour fees.
Campsites & Other Facilities:
The main camping area offers drive-up sites (with picnic tables, fire rings with cooking grills, a lantern post, potable water in the area); riverbank tent sites (with picnic tables, fire rings with cooking grills, a lantern post, and potable water in the area); composting toilets, a fish-cleaning table, and a boat ramp. (It is 9 miles to Lake Buchanan.)

There are also 2 back pack areas where you must carry everything you need and pack out absolutely everything you don't use. (Bring containerized fuel to cook; nearest gas station is 35 miles away.) The River Back Pack Area is about 1 mile from a compost toilet and 1.3 miles from a water faucet. The Windmill Back Pack Area is about 6 miles from a compost toilet and water faucet. Ground fires are also prohibited everywhere in the park except in designated fire rings in the main camping area.
There are also two group areas: The developed Live Oak Group Area where you can drive to the site with picnic tables, a lantern holder, a large fire ring, water in area, and a compost toilet in area; the premium, developed River Group Area where you can drive within 75 yards of the site with picnic tables, a lantern holder, a large fire ring, water 1/4 mile, and composting toilet 1/4 mile.

Natural Features: Birders can enjoy viewing some of 155 species of birds found in the park, including specialties such as golden-cheeked warblers, black-capped vireos, and bald eagles. Gorman Falls is located on the western bank of the Colorado River, approximately 10 miles above Lake Buchanan and includes a portion of Gorman Creek which feeds Gorman Falls. Gorman Falls is an impressive, 60-foot-high waterfall. The falls' travertine formations and associated lush vegetation are very scenic. Small travertine dams have formed quiet pools of clear water which support a variety of aquatic communities.

Elevation: 1025 Ft. above sea level

Weather: January average is 46.2, July average is 85.9. First/last freeze: November 20 / March 11.

Schedule: Open 7 days a week year-round, except for Public Hunts (which are held during the week) - Call or Check the Calendar for events and access restrictions scheduled within the next 3 months.

Busy Season: Spring White Bass Run.

Directions: The park is west of Lampasas, southeast of San Saba. From the intersection of US Highways 281 and 183 in Lampasas, take FM 580 west 24 miles to Bend and follow the signs 4 miles to the park entrance. From San Saba, take US Highway 190 about 4 miles to FM 580 and follow the signs 13 miles to Bend; follow the signs 4 miles to the park entrance (2 miles of dirt road). The headquarters and main camping are 6 miles past the entrance on the dirt road (unmarked County Road 442). (Access road subject to flooding.) Note: No Gasoline Service in Bend. Latitude (degrees, minutes, seconds) N: 31° 01' 22.40" Longitude (degrees, minutes, second) W: 98° 26' 32.67"