On this last day
Published December 27, 2011 | 
The morning dawn of December 25th broke coldly over the southeastern horizon just as it should. It is winter after all! I know the days are getting longer now, but that doesn’t provide much comfort… or heat for that matter. Still, the forecast was calling for a nice sunny day, near 40f. If it hadn’t been Christmas I’d have been tempted to complete my hundred miles around Devil’s Lake in the warmth of the afternoon sun. As it was, I needed to get back home before the family started arriving to open those packages. Continue reading
Waterline
Published December 20, 2011 | 
It’s that time of year. You know, the time of year when you finally get to catch up on all the video games you bought but never played, and dig in to all those old episodes of Ghost Adventures.. Frankly, I love Ghost Adventures. This show has single-handily proved to me that ghosts don’t exist and what’s more, it’s educational… What better program could you ask for to teach your child all about critical thinking? Yeah, well.. Between the ”how-did-you-get-that?” EVPs and that ghostly Ovilus language database thingy… Continue reading
27
Published November 29, 2011 | 
Did you know that Canoecopia tickets are already available for 2012? Ticket prices went up for 2012, but if you get on your horse you can save a bit by purchasing yours online right away. I’m assuming you already know that Canoecopia is the countries largest paddle sports expo and is held each year in Madison, Wisconsin. This year’s dates are March 9th – 11th. I’ll see you there.. somewhere…
Meanwhile 45 miles to the north of Madison, I spend my Thanksgiving day paddling around Devil’s Lake… Surprise, Surprise!! That marked day 27 leaving me only 7 days to go to hit my 100 mile goal. Now I’m actually dragging my heels to get my last day in as near to the end of the year as possible. I think it would be sweet to wrap up on New Year’s eve day… It’s all up to old man winter at this point. I posted a small gallery of pics from Thanksgiving day over on Flickr. (Click Here) Nice moody day, Canada Geese, Bald Eagle… great day to be on the water!
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Leave a commentOut of Nowhere
Published November 19, 2011 | 
Out of the darkness out of the dustcloud
Follow the thread and then trace your way free – boc
I’m still out there… somewhere, paddling. You know what they say, if you’re out doing it, you’re too busy to be sitting home writing about it! Yeah, well, on a microscopic level that’s true. The time I used to devote to blogging has been taken up in the mornings by paddling or hiking. I just haven’t been of a mind to write recently. If you blog long enough, you realize that the muse comes and goes. Right now, I’m mostly inspired to be outdoors, doing. The picture above is from yesterday morning’s circuit around the lake. It was a cold, windy morning filled with ice, waterfowl and cat’s paws. Continue reading
Another day…
Published November 10, 2011 | 
Only 10 days left and I’ll finally have my 100 miles down. Good thing too because winter is nipping right at my tail. I posted the story of yesterday’s snowy paddle, along with a 3 minute video clip over at DevilsLakeWisconsin.com. Here’s the link.
Bad Weather
Published November 9, 2011 | 
“Seems you only paddle in wind and bad weather”, that was something someone said to me yesterday when I was launching my kayak for Day 23 of my Devil’s Lake paddle. I thought to myself, “Where were you yesterday?”. The day before the skies were blue, there was no wind and for November, it wasn’t a bad day at all. Thing is, once people feel like they have you pegged.. that’s it. I’m the guy who only paddles in “bad” weather. Continue reading
Repetition Cycles
Published October 28, 2011 | 
”Ladies and gentleman, let me lay on you a so-so entertainer,
not much of a humanitarian, and this cat was never nobody’s friend.
In his final appearance on the great stage of life – uh, you can applaud if you want to…”
We’re always looking for something new. New events, new toys, new gear, new apps, whatever. Even a new us occasionally. Probably ever since the phrase “24 hour news cycle” was invented, we’ve been on a continual race to a state of constant boredom. I mean let’s face it, for most of us not much new really happens. Instead were distracted by repetition cycles, where the same stuff, the same actions and the stories are repackaged in slightly different ways just far enough apart that they seem like, something new. Continue reading
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