It’s ok to be afraid. Rational fear keeps us safe. It’s a good thing. I’ve read many articles about fear, but most times they seem to address a sort of second level of fear. The fear that experienced kayakers, climbers, etc., feel when faced with new and unusual situations. But often they seem to go past those initial fears we have when first starting out with a sport like kayaking.
Had a nice day out at Lake Columbia yesterday. Even paddling the ugliest lake in the world cannot dampen the excitement of a warm spring day!
I’ve updated my site navigation just a bit to add a “video clips” section. Not sure what I will do with it yet, but stay tuned. For the moment there [...]
“Good friends we have had, oh good friends we’ve lost along the way,
In this bright future you can’t forget your past” – Bob Marley
It’s 7am Sunday (Easter) morning. Later today we will again be going out for a day paddle with friends from the area. Today as I think of loading the boats, I’m also [...]
I was burned out from exhaustion, buried in the hail, Poisoned in the bushes an’ blown out on the trail” – dylan
Finally the world has begun to thaw. Yesterday I took a six mile hike up and over the Baraboo Bluffs at Devil’s Lake State Park. For those of you not familiar with the term [...]
. . I’ll ride father than I should, harder than I could just to meet you there. . . ” – Beck
Today I was buried in work most of the day but occasionally email from my paddling friends would come in with the frequency of rain drops on the window just before the storm. [...]
“Now I’ve been happy lately, thinking about the good things to come” – Cat Stevens
Oddly I don’t plan kayaking days, (as disjointed as this post is you can see I don’t plan them either) at least not within a 30 mile radius. It’s just impulsive. In the summer I’m often working on the computer by [...]
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Not much to report today other than we are AGAIN being buried in a snowstorm. I updated the February Lake Michigan Ice gallery. John B. was kind enough to send me the pictures he took. So now there are actually pictures of me as well. Wow that roll woke me up! [...]
