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Archive for December, 2004

. . . All I want for Christmas

Friday, December 17th, 2004

Well, my boat is still in the shop so I don’t get to tell any amazingly cold paddling stories today. So if I’m going to keep this blog active I had better think of something. So with that in mind,
. . . All I want for Christmas
This was a funny year “Christmas Shopping” wise. In [...]

On The Horizon

Wednesday, December 15th, 2004

Since I like going out in nasty weather it becomes part of the task to get a grip on just HOW nasty it actually is. Besides checking the weather and Noaa Marine Forcast I spend some time just stareing out over the water to just get the “feel” of things. If it [...]

Wind

Sunday, December 12th, 2004

Took advantage of the insane wind today to go out to Devil’s Lake and play a bit. Wind today is pretty consistent at about 30mph with gusts near 50. Temp was hovering at 33 f. Waves were around 1 to 2 foot white caps and very choppy. You certainly wouldn’t want to be in 4 [...]

Rain & Snow On Devil’s Lake

Friday, December 10th, 2004

Today I was able to get out and paddle for a couple hours on Devils Lake (www.devilslakewisconsin.com) . The wind was out of the north between 20 & 30 mph and we had about 1ft chop. I had to paddle Mary’s boat today since mine is down at Rutabaga (www.rutabaga.com) having [...]

Day 1,

Wednesday, December 8th, 2004

Greetings & Salutations!
I have been meaning to start this “blog” for sometime. My thought is that it will be a hybrid version of my paddling log as well as a place to keep in touch with some of the folks we have paddled with across the state and the country.
So now I have to [...]