Monthly Archives: July 2009

Beyond Boundaries

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Years ago while paddling along out on Devil’s Lake we came across this young couple who were out paddling as well.  We learned then that they were a bit new to kayaking and actually lived nearby  in  Reedsburg, a community about 15 miles from our home here in Baraboo.  Now, as often happens when you meet people in passing, we sort of dropped out of touch.  It wasn’t until yesterday when we were out riding on the 400 bike trail that we realized that they were now married and owned an outdoor shop right along the trail.

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Channel Surfing

orsm09 I love the colorful clothes she wears
And the way the sunlight plays upon her hair
I hear the sound of a gentle word
On the wind that lifts her perfume through the air
-the beach boys

Where’d everybody go?  Well, today through the 24th all the shop owners and marketing people we know and love are gathering in Salt Lake City for the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market. For most of us a retail show is a bit like a restaurant kitchen, we know it’s there but we don’t pay too much attention to it.  Of course in a restaurant that means you’re never really sure if they clean the counters …

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Twitter Digest – 2009-07-19

Thank you, here’s a flower!

paddling-instructor09If I Had $1000000
I’d buy you a house
If I Had $1000000
I’d buy you furniture for your house
(Maybe a nice chesterfield or an ottoman)
If I Had $1000000
I’d buy you a K-Car
- bnr

Ok, so I should pay more attention but sometimes I just get lost in the void. Sorry. I want to take a moment to thank David over at Paddling Instructor for his kind words way back in June!!! David as you know runs one of the top paddling blogs and news sites out there.  He’s certainly a bit more on-the-ball than I am sometimes! LOL!  Anyway, thanks David.   I should also take this moment to Thank Silbs, Dave & Bryan and Continue reading

Justine Curgenven & Canada’s Secret Love Child…

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Inline bowline, inline bowline / Inline bowline, inline bowline
First you tie it around your hand / You showed me so I would understand
It’s the handiest knot, / It wasn’t in the book that I bought
Inline bowline, inline bowline
- bare naked ladies

Justine Curgenven will be here in Wisconsin in just a couple weeks working on her next project… What?  No kayaks?  What’s this?  What’s This? She’s sure been talking about canoes a lot lately.  Well, if you’re looking for canoes, Wisconsin is the place.  Wisconsin after all is Canada’s secret love child.  In fact it wasn’t until 1848 that the US finally accepted responsibly and took us in.  Which was a pretty kind thing for them to do considering our maps & phonebooks are filled with french names and some of us can still recite all  Bare Naked Ladies lyrics by heart. (even those really fast ones)  Anyway, it will be great to see Justine again.. even in canoe…

Twitter Digest – 2009-07-18

  • A few pics from a rainy paddle at Devil's Lake in Baraboo, WI – http://digg.com/u18mey 18:30:26
  • You should always sleep in on saturday… what it is now, ah.. 5:19.. Good Morning! 04:19:59
  • "And that's the way it is…" Walter Cronkite Dies today at 92… 04:26:16

Digiphonic Mythology…

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“All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards it all belongs to you; the good and the bad, the ecstasy, the remorse and sorrow, the people and the places and how the weather was. “ – Hemingway, Esquire 1934

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