“It’s wonderful, everywhere.
Everything is so white. . . ” – kate bush

I picked up my kayak on Friday! So.. It was only natural to get out on the water on Saturday. Luckily we had a perfect day for it. I made the two hour drive over to Milwaukee to meet a friend there and we found a little spot between huge Icebergs (for the Midwest) where we could launch. There were others there as well from the Milwaukee paddling group. However they went out some time before we got on the water. As is my habit, I had to take time to get some pictures before we could head out.

I forgot how heavy my barge actually is. At least I think I forgot. It could just be that I am totally out of shape. We spent the day running between burgs, going through Ice arches and gabbing about whatever came to mind. What a fantastic day. I had never been on Lake Michigan this time of year and it was amazing to see the many ice formations and to see drift ice dotting the water far out onto the horizon. I was excited by the sound of the water slapping up under the shelves sounding like a magnified wet towel being slapped against a wall. Then as the water subsided a shower would fall from the shelf until the next wave came in. We also went on a hunt for a wreck that is in the shallow water however the marker is a milk jug that surprisingly we couldn’t find amongst the ice. Right before we went in I did a quick roll just to be sure I hadn’t lost it in the last month and a half since I was out last. Sloppy but up. Up is as you know, the important part. What a great day.

I have pictures posted in the gallery. (Milwaukee Feb 12) You will see a lot of pictures of “JB” who is an instructor from the Milwaukee area and was one of my ACA ITs. (instructor trainers) You will find him teaching at Rutabaga in Madison and at the Door County symposium this summer.

Once again I re-re-updating all the galleries. I keep finding pictures I should have added and have separated some out into their own galleries. I have many old “film” shots that I took before I had the digital camera and am still scanning them in as I have time. I think most galleries have at least a few new shots now. I have also captioned many of the pictures as well. Tonight I am going to try to sort out all my 2004 NEWkayakers event photos. I still have some prints to scan and add in.

It’s great to be “aqua-mobile” again. We plan to go out to lake Columbia next weekend for a day in the fog.

I think that’s it for the moment. So I will just wrap it up here.

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