http://www.kayakquixotica.com Tilting At Waves Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:09:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/12/27/on-this-lastday/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/12/27/on-this-lastday/#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:45:39 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=9212 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 [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/12/27/on-this-lastday/feed/ 1 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/12/20/waterline/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/12/20/waterline/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:41:45 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=9200 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 [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/12/20/waterline/feed/ 0 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/11/29/27/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/11/29/27/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:45:09 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=9160 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 [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/11/29/27/feed/ 0 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/11/19/out-of-nowhere/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/11/19/out-of-nowhere/#comments Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:02:14 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=9138 Regardless of the rumors, I do actually paddle on sunny days too. Yesterday was sunny. When I started out, I decided to even take my SLR with me tucked into my old, thick yellow dry bag. Have you noticed how many companies put out worthless drybags?? Oh, don't get me started... ]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/11/19/out-of-nowhere/feed/ 0 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/11/10/another-day/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/11/10/another-day/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:22:24 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=9131 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. Related posts: A Brand New Day Chest Sculling off to chicago]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/11/10/another-day/feed/ 0