Twitter Digest – 2009-07-17
Published July 18, 2009 | 
- Wisconsin is just across the lake from Canada… Burrrrr!! http://digg.com/d1wzXT 06:52:53
- RT @urbanwilderness: developer holds land hostage for more $-park service gives up dream of Ice Age Trail reserve http://bit.ly/11vwCm 08:42:14
- I still need to learn the difference between "Just business" and "greed" – http://bit.ly/11vwCm 08:43:26
- Quix Blog – Buy a VHF – Every once in a while its a good thing and to go back and cover a little old information – http://digg.com/u18iwQ 08:49:11
- RT @PembaServes: . . . we're just tickled that @Eliz_Castro is gonna be doing her 15 Facts on us today. Did anyone miss this? LOL!!!! 08:58:35
- just passed my way… Peter Orton and gang's new WW Kayak Co. – http://www.bigdogkayaks.com/ 09:02:02
- oh, I'm sorry but "newest company" and "fastest growing company" seem a bit well, they would be.. wouldn't they? 09:06:14
- Freya Hoffmeister Day 180 around Australia.. Half a year!! Whoa! Congratulations!? – "I have a campfire on croc free mangrove bay beach" 09:10:34
- Follow Freya Here – http://qajaqunderground.com/freyas-blog/ 09:11:04
- Sorry Nigel but "The Pilgrim" is just not capturing my imagination as far as kayak names go.. http://digg.com/u18jAc 09:18:31
- "A well received kayak amongst the little folk!"… ah, Jockeys?? – http://digg.com/u18jAc 09:19:31
- RT @canoelover: RT @j3r3myjf worst vendor response I have ever seen: http://bit.ly/12dUUi … Time to ban energy drinks from work stations.. 09:25:45
- What kind of "thisthatortheotherthing" am I? I don't care. #heresaquarter 10:38:29
- Alright, time for a moody cool cloudy day paddle around Devil's Lake.. – hope ya'll are getting a sanity break today as well!! 11:23:28
Pretend it’s Caledonia
Published July 17, 2009 | 
Today in Wisconsin challenged a 100 year low temperature record sitting in the low 60s in our area. I figured that meant the day paddle I’d been looking forward to for the last couple days would be a bit gray and gloomy. Well, it was gray, not so gloomy, but very wet. I’m told I should start getting used to it! Here’s a few more pictures from the day. Continue reading
Buy A VHF
Published July 17, 2009 | 
And these days I feel like I’m fading away
Like sometimes when I hear myself on the radio
Have you seen me lately?
Have you seen me lately?
– counting crows
Every once in a while it’s a good thing and to go back and cover a little old information, especially since there are lots of new faces out there. Take the VHF Radio for instance. It’s probably a good thing now and again to remind paddlers who are shopping for gear that even though it’s much more sexy to talk about GPS, EPIRBS & SPOTS, that on open water a VHF radio is simply an absolute must.
Twitter Digest – 2009-07-16
Published July 17, 2009 | - Brinley and Rachel Whitney said the woman told them her friend couldn't swim and wasn't wearing a life preserver. – http://digg.com/u18ZCO 06:07:29
- Coast Guard has responded to two separate kayakers in distress in the Bering Sea of Alaska over the past week. – http://digg.com/u18ZCm 06:09:40
- Quix Blog – Run! – http://digg.com/u18ZWo 07:35:46
- Quix blog 2 – Kokatat Wins! – http://digg.com/u18aPk 09:44:25
- It ain't over, 'till it's over… http://digg.com/u18ah4 10:20:20
- RT @verdepr: Great post on top things that we should never buy: http://verdepr.com/s/17 10:42:06
- Sanity Break – http://digg.com/u18bIt The Hollies back when I was 8.. 11:40:54
- Working on a dairy equipment website while listening to Atom Heart Mother…I just realized the correlation.. http://digg.com/u18cSr 14:06:57
- Sears guy shows up to fix the washer, pulls it out, says he has to cut the walls to put it back..WHA??? Please leave my house NOW thanks… 14:28:52
- East Coast hotel inquires about advertising on Quix.. interesting. 5 points for "out of the box" thinking.. 14:34:14
- Good Post about a kayak "rescue" from Main Outdoor Journal – http://digg.com/u18cj8 14:40:28
- RT @PembaServes: http://www.pembaserves.com – redesigned. PEMBAeverything now in 1 place. 14:43:35
- Yikes this day went on too long.. too much work.. too much time with the repair guy, too many cherries to pick.. time to go for a run! CYA! 14:45:26
Run
Published July 16, 2009 | 
Don’t be afraid to try again
Everyone goes south
Every now and then
-billy joel
I love kayaking but unless I’m really going somewhere it’s just not exercise. Well it is, but not enough. So as I start looking ahead to September and focusing on being capable of doing long days again I just have to run. Running reminds me not to dis myself too much when I look in the mirror. Yeah, I don’t weight 145 lbs but I can run… and when I run I almost feel weightless.
Twitter Digest – 2009-07-15
Published July 16, 2009 | - Quix Blog – A Sea Dirge by Lewis Carroll – http://digg.com/u18UmA 07:02:34
- Freya Hoffmeister Paddles the Sea of Mud – http://digg.com/u18V4p 07:36:15
- Just because I love the photo – http://digg.com/u18V9W 07:47:26
- Ian Anderson Break – I think she was a middle-distance runner…(the translation wasn't clear) – http://digg.com/u18VTq 09:09:27
- Remember when Kelly Blades was just a kid? Pepperidge Farms Remembers! – http://digg.com/u18VcX Happy Birthday! 09:45:27
- A 4 mile hike's as good as a rest.. now back on my head… 12:53:12
- Cutting edge is not advertising your hip company blog for "all the latest".. when the last post is November of 2008… oops.. 13:33:11
- Jon Bowermaster asks, "What would Darwin Think?" – http://digg.com/u18WXA 13:54:47
- Don't you hate it when someone says you look really good….. FOR YOUR AGE! 13:58:17
- Meanwhile at the Devil's Lake State Park's Steinke Basin parking area a guy smiles as his unleashed dog kills wildlife… nice.. 14:22:18
- Derrick gets to edit pictures of Dairy Sanitation Systems today…. 14:32:59
- Is Kokatat the only PFD manufacturer that knows what a VHF radio is? Where do you attach your VHF when you PFD won't help? 14:49:00
I don’t want to dissect everything today
I don’t mean to pick you apart you see
But I can’t help it
– Alanis Morissette
Some things are a matter of opinion. Some things are just facts. If you’ve followed my various adventures with PFDs over the years you’ll know I come to this fact with just a bit of resistance. When it comes to PFDs, Kokatat wins. Sure other companies make some nice pfds for certain applications. Yet none of them seem to focus much on open water paddlers. Here’s a simple test.. Who offers well a thought out VHF pocket on their PFD? Well, who offers any sort of VHF pocket? It’s such an odd thing to overlook you’d be tempted to call in Molder and Scully to root out the conspiracy.
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