Name The Price
Published June 23, 2010 | 
So.. What’s a used fiberglass kayak worth? I have no idea these days. I know that wholesale new kayaks still run over two grand. On the floor they’re mostly between $3,000 & $4,000. A fiberglass kayak in really good shape might get around $1500-$2000 trade in. But what about totally trashed but still sea worthy craft? It’s easy to find ads for kayaks that are “mint condition” or “hardly paddled”.. but what about “paddled constantly” and “beat but loved”? Continue reading
Valley Nordkapp
Published June 21, 2010 | 
Who’s gonna ride your wild horses?
Who’s gonna drown in your blue sea?
Who’s gonna taste your saltwater kisses?
Who’s gonna take the place of me? – U2
Saturday after coaching an introduction to sea kayaking class at Rutabaga in Madison, WI., I had the opportunity to test paddle a beautiful “almost new” fiberglass Valley Nordkapp. Apparently the story behind this sharp black and red kayak is that the owner only had it for a short time before deciding was a bit too much horse. I can see that… Continue reading
Coming Up
Published June 20, 2010 | 
After class yesterday I did two things I’ve never done before in my whole life… I went to Starbucks for a latte.. and I paddled a Valley Nordkapp.. Not much to say about Starbucks other than “Meh”… The Nordkapp? Well, let’s talk about that tomorrow. Happy Father’s Day!
write a red poem
Published June 18, 2010 | 
Here I write a red poem,
Sophie Tucker red,
‘The last of the red hot mama’s red’
It is a hard Tap Dancing Red,
St. Valentine’s red…
Cinnamon Apple scented red…
Georgio sweet smelling red,
Victoria Secret Red,
Morning sunrise red,
Red Hot lipstick red,
The blush on your cheeks red,
Happy Go Lucky Red,
Written with my flaming Pink Craylo Pen,
On this October day…
Oh you kid!
- Dorthy (Alves) Holmes
There and Back
Published June 17, 2010 | 
And we decided that one big pile is better than two little piles,
and rather than bring that one up
we decided to throw our’s down. – arlo guthrie
I was just reading David Johnston’s post all about Lendal’s return to the UK under the helm of Nigel & the gang at Sea Kayaking UK.. I won’t bother to quote it, you can read the post here. In the process of reading David’s fine update, I clicked over to the Lendal Website. I hadn’t been there in some time. Funny thing, I never noticed their tag line before; “LENDAL. THE BEST PADDLES. THERE AND BACK. “ Continue reading
Sometimes….
Published June 17, 2010 | 
And when I get excited / My little china girl says
Oh baby just you shut your mouth / She says … sh-sh-shhh
- bowie
Sometimes I get stuff like this in my email… I like the bubbles, they make the idea of paddling in the snow much more appealing, and the thought of getting 1000 high quality, asymmetrical fiberglass composite paddles for just $14.00 a unit certainly does make it feel like, well, Christmas!
I often get emails like this one … Continue reading
A bit of wet
Published June 16, 2010 | 
I was hungry and I’m hungry still
And now it’s pouring rain
I look o.k. but I’ve been feeling ill
And now it’s pouring rain
– bob geldof
Yesterday we had flash flood warnings in our area, but that didn’t stop us from getting out for a bit of a paddle! Heavy rains and flooding are getting to be typical for early June in our part of Wisconsin. It’s defiantly a climate change, but I’d be hard pressed to tell you why. Whatever the reason it’s been flooding pretty regularly since the ’90s in our area. The local lake has been so flooded that the state DNR finally incorporated a permanent drain! Continue reading
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