Here is the other place in my part of the world where you can still find open water.  It’s a hydro-electric dam in a city called Sauk-Prairie located on the Wisconsin River. The waters below the dam are popular with fisherman looking to hook monsters as big as their boats, Bald Eagles who have found this open section of river to be a lifesaver in the dead of winter, and of course the occasional desperate kayaker looking for a bit of a wave.

I ended up at the dam which is a bit off the beaten path by the way, seeking a moment of solace in the midst of a frozen windblown day.  It’s one thing getting cabin fever.  It’s another when you just have a fever and must be out of the cabin.  Such was the day as I had to take my son to Madison some 40 miles away for eye tests.  Some days of course you just can’t be sick.

After driving for miles through the drifting snow, stop-starting on endless dirty city streets, and enduring the almost suffocating air of a tightly enclosed clinic it’s a great thing to just sit somewhere and watch the water roll by.

This morning I woke up feeling worse than yesterday. Nothing like chills & a headache to start off a day! I don’t think I’ll be driving anywhere to find that momentary escape. Maybe I’ll simply browse a little Florida kayaking gallery from the New York Times.  All that warm sun and sit-on-tops certainly seems nicer than our latest arctic blast.  On the other hand, there’s something to be said about rocky shorelines and goats as well.

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