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/2009/08/10/roll-with-it/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/08/10/roll-with-it/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:38:57 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=4660 Sometimes you simply roll with it. Like today, when the cat died. It’s not the way one would normally expect to start a day. Sunlight rising on the eastern horizon can portend a lot of things but rarely is it the death of a cat. One would hope you would get your coffee before the sad discovery, but life often does not work like that. On the other hand cats probably die each day, in which case every sunrise portends the death of a feline and we should simply expect it…like today… and roll with it.]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/08/10/roll-with-it/feed/ 6 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/07/30/its-just-stuff-that-happened/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/07/30/its-just-stuff-that-happened/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:33:44 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=4648 It was nice to see Justine again. On Tuesday she flew over from Manchester to Chicago, then hopped in a rental car and drove straight up to Wausau for the Open Boat Nationals that begin tomorrow. On the way she stopped in at the house for a quick chat.  My hope is that we’ll get [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/07/30/its-just-stuff-that-happened/feed/ 0 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/07/28/served-with-neeps-and-nips/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/07/28/served-with-neeps-and-nips/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:20:10 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=4626 Every so often someone will tell me it’s a totally boring paddle. Yeah, whatever! I paddle every few days here at Devil’s Lake State Park. It’s bloody boring. To me. Sometimes. Still over a million people come each summer to explore this “boring” lake. It’s what we call being jaded. Besides the sea or loch, or lake is only one part of the story.]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/07/28/served-with-neeps-and-nips/feed/ 2 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/07/27/either-you-do-or-you-dont/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/07/27/either-you-do-or-you-dont/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:16:52 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=4618 Whenever those road bumps get in our way we have choices, adapt, move forward, or regroup and hit it another time… I find I have the voice of that grumpy old relative in my head. You know the type; “No retreat, No surrender..”, “sh*t or get off the pot.”, or the phrase I can relate to much better, “Either you do, or you don’t.” So OK then.. let’s adapt. Either I will, or I won't.]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/07/27/either-you-do-or-you-dont/feed/ 8 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/07/27/save-our-bums-please/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/07/27/save-our-bums-please/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:49:20 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=4613 I’ve read that the Royal National Lifeboat Institution rescues on average 22 people a day in the UK. I certainly don’t want to be one of them. If I’m going to visit with those brave (and possibly a bit crazy) volunteers of the RNLI I’d rather do it while warm and dry. With that in mind I’m checking in with the life boat stations along our route to let them know what we are planning and also to arrange a visit or two so we can share some of their stories with you along the way. ]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/07/27/save-our-bums-please/feed/ 0