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/2012/01/07/winter-bah/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2012/01/07/winter-bah/#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:17:49 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=9279 O.K. So let me be honest here.  I’m dreaming of summer. I’ll admit it.  I don’t know what ever came over our silly ancestors as the continued to move north way back in the day.  Sure, it was probably summer as they traveled further and further north toward the top of the earth. At first, things [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2012/01/07/winter-bah/feed/ 3 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/12/29/frickin-kayakers/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/12/29/frickin-kayakers/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:41:38 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=9228 “Is it worth risking your life for a fish?” Good question from a spokesman for the Virginia Marine Resources Commission a day after authorities rescued 6.. Let that sink in… 6, Again, 6! capsized fisherman from Chesapeake Bay a couple weeks back. [ Read the full story here. ] No wonder there are so many [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/12/29/frickin-kayakers/feed/ 1 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/10/12/caught-up/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/10/12/caught-up/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:49:09 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=9036 October rains remind me that all things are temporary. I tend to walk the trails a lot in October and November. I know I'm running out of time. Sure, I can get out the snow-shoes.. but winter is well, limbo. Winter is the time of year I spend trying to remember what a warm, wet, wind feels like. When late in the evening I sometimes strain to make my mind recall the sound of a thunderstorm or the earthy, tea aroma of a wet, autumn day. ]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/10/12/caught-up/feed/ 2 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/02/skat%c9%99r-shat/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/02/skat%c9%99r-shat/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 17:29:13 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=8886 Someone once said something to the effect that, “art is best appreciated on a full stomach”. It’s an issue of priorities. It’s hard for me to get jazzed up about the “cause du jour”  when there are homeless right here in my little town (let alone everywhere else), kids without food, shelter or school supplies, mentally ill [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/02/skat%c9%99r-shat/feed/ 1 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/08/17/i-cant-review-the-delphin/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/08/17/i-cant-review-the-delphin/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:18:54 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=8781 It's a surfer. In any other conditions it simply will not be at it's finest. Funny thing though, all the hype around the Delphin has a lot of folks who'll never actually go surfing salivating, regardless of how it may or may not paddle on flat water. If nothing else, it does show that P&H Sea Kayaks is simply destroying their competitors when it comes to marketing their products.]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/08/17/i-cant-review-the-delphin/feed/ 34