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/2011/12/08/the-gift-that-keeps-them-living/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/12/08/the-gift-that-keeps-them-living/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:17:04 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=9164 Each year paddle bloggers write about great holiday gift ideas and inevitably that means gear, but here's a better idea.. give a lesson. It's natural (and wise) to feel a little apprehension when your friend or family member decides to take up kayaking as a new hobby. It's not a particularly dangerous sport, but when things do go bad, it almost always involves folks who are very inexperienced. ]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/12/08/the-gift-that-keeps-them-living/feed/ 4 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/08/13/boreal-shores-kayaking/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/08/13/boreal-shores-kayaking/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:21:25 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=4746 Did I ever tell you the story of the day Nigel Dennis was late? It’s sort of like an Aesop’s Fable without a fox, crow, or nightingale to found. Now I could tell you that tale or I could send you to Boreal Shores Kayaking in Bayfield, WI where the tale is said to have taken place. Now if you go there be sure to sit in the pink Explorer when Chris tells you the tale.. and then maybe he’ll tell you the one about when Derrick was really, really drunk...]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/08/13/boreal-shores-kayaking/feed/ 2 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/03/15/canoecopia-update-remainders/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/03/15/canoecopia-update-remainders/#comments Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:21:33 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=3435 This afternoon I head back to Canoecopia for my second day hanging out at the Door County Symposium booth. Yesterday was funny in that it seemed everyone that I had hoped to find later in the day seemed to all arrive at the booth instead. That was quite nice actually. Less walking for an old [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/03/15/canoecopia-update-remainders/feed/ 5 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/01/28/go-deep-inside/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/01/28/go-deep-inside/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:57:30 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=3129 So today I'm writing on a new computer. Well, not exactly. I am on a new computer, but it's inside my old computer. Make Sense? Well to make it more clear, that is to say precise, my new computer inside my old computer is not a computer at all in a sense. While in a sense it is. . .]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/01/28/go-deep-inside/feed/ 3 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/11/14/theres-a-movie/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/11/14/theres-a-movie/#comments Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:19:45 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=2253 In a way, that's what is best about Justine's videos. We get to see new places and share new adventures, but we also get to re-acquaint ourselves with some familiar smiles. It's a bit like a Christmas family newsletter. . only wetter.]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/11/14/theres-a-movie/feed/ 1