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/2011/10/05/vultures-circling/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/10/05/vultures-circling/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:25:27 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=9028 Oh yeah, I’m still circling the little lake like a dizzy vulture. I’ve got about 70 miles to go.   At least the last few days have been pretty much perfect autumn days.  Where else would you rather be than on the water?  Oh, and speaking of vultures circling I just returned from my annual [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/10/05/vultures-circling/feed/ 2 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/28/impossible-walls/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/28/impossible-walls/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:31:44 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=9005 What if you were the last person alive on earth? You could be standing out in a prairie somewhere watching low clouds scrap across the distant hill, feeling the chilled air of an autumn morning tingle at the tip of your nose. You could stare all you wanted to. You could try to lock every line color, sense and sound into your mind with deep concentration. You could will your eyes to pull out every last detail of the panoramic image before you.  It wouldn't matter though.]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/28/impossible-walls/feed/ 1 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/19/backyard-adventure/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/19/backyard-adventure/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:02:25 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=8957 It's raining this morning and not quite 60 f. The weather seers say that the day will turn warm and sunny... eventually. Oh well, if I'm going to get my paddle time in today, I need to do it right away this morning. This will count as day two of my "100 miles to winter" paddle to celebrate the 100th anniversary of my local state park. I think it's cool that in a month of days I'll be able to see the world pass from the greens of summer, through the jubilant colors of fall and then in the end, to the charcoal sketched environment of late fall, all from the seat of my kayak. ]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/19/backyard-adventure/feed/ 1 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/12/doggy-cart/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/12/doggy-cart/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:05:44 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=8922 Sometimes you find yourself in situations you'd never thought of before. Take this summer for instance, where we found ourselves giving up on family biking when on vacation because we had no place to leave the dog.]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/12/doggy-cart/feed/ 2