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/2012/01/25/don-ho-solution/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2012/01/25/don-ho-solution/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:22:43 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=9305 Now here’s a bit of interesting news.  Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Makers of great big ships among other things.) has come up with this cool, efficient, and dare I say, “fun” way to cut up to 25 percent of CO2 emissions from large cargo carriers.  Heck, they’ll even go a bit faster as well!  The big idea?  [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2012/01/25/don-ho-solution/feed/ 1 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/2012/01/05/the-season-of-sticks/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2012/01/05/the-season-of-sticks/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:53:52 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=9265 The brown season is upon us here in central Wisconsin.  Well, it’s nearly brown, mostly brown, primarily brown. Yes, there’s some snow, some ostracized bits of white clinging to the edges of the roads and hugging the walking trails. These miniature mountainous ranges of white are all that is left to remind us of this season’s occasional short [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2012/01/05/the-season-of-sticks/feed/ 0 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2012/01/02/new-years-whatever/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2012/01/02/new-years-whatever/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:44:15 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=9245 OK.  So I suppose I should do some sort of New Year’s post.  I actually forgot it was New Years until halfway through yesterday.  A Toast! ”Speech!  Speech!”  For me, 2011 was a bit like an iPhone photo of a salt truck.  The content was really only mildly interesting to me, and soon forgotten all together. It was [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2012/01/02/new-years-whatever/feed/ 2 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