It was funny. I standing with a group of paddlers in Chicago and heard out of the corner of my ear Bonnie Perry say, “Derrick and I are “bi”.” Yep! That was the first time I’d heard someone else say that. I almost blew Aquafina out my nose!
Well, I turn 42 [...]

June 4 – “Later I went for a pee on the beach and in my torchlight saw two red eyes in the water watching me. It was a croc. In my diary I wrote “having serious doubts about my ability to finish this expedition. It was one thing seeing a croc slide on the beach [...]

She sees shooting stars and comet tailsShe’s got heaven in her eyesShe says I don’t need to be an angelBut I’m nothing if Im not this high
But we only stay in orbitFor a moment of timeAnd then you’re everybody’s satelliteI wish that you were mine-counting crows
Often on those hot summer evenings out at the [...]

I’ve received the notes about the feeds not working. Still trying to work out why because they seem pointed correctly. Any ideas?
Oh, and just for fun here’s a clip from last night at the lake. A nice spashy reverse-sweep roll.

Such a feelins comin over meThere is wonder in most everything I seeNot a cloud in the skyGot the sun in my eyesAnd I wont be surprised if its a dream- carpenters

Here’s Gryphon from our evening at the lake last night. Last year he was not all that into his new kayak. He [...]

Oh these little earthquakes Here we go again These little earthquakes Doesn’t take much to rip us into pieces-tori amos
So here’s a picture from Penrhyn Mawr that I don’t think I’ve shown you before. If you look closely I think that’s Justine up by the rocks on the left. The photo was taken [...]

Tight a$ you can get it
Tight a$ got it made
Uptight’s alright but if ya can’t stand the heat
You better get back in the shade
-lennon
CD asked yesterday about dealing with an ocean cockpit. Congrats on the new Nordkapp by the way! Yeah, in the beginning an ocean cockpit can [...]