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/2011/07/17/highway-41/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/07/17/highway-41/#comments Sun, 17 Jul 2011 16:32:34 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=8494 A lot of things can cross your mind when you’re sitting on a the corner of hwy 67 and 41 in Trenary, Michigan on your way to Escanaba any many miles beyond ’til home.  Thoughts like, “Where the hell am I?” for one.  As soon as we left Grand Marais and the cool grip of Lake [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/07/17/highway-41/feed/ 2 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/01/24/you-me-the-wall/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/01/24/you-me-the-wall/#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:16:59 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=5590 Now I absolutely refuse to comment on this image or the guy in the red shirt. It's more than my life is worth!.. What I can say is that anyone involved in the Outdoor Recreation Industry or for that matter any businesses interested in how to make social media work for them, should know these folks. You can start by watching the “Boots on the Ground” is the first of a series of “unofficial” social media panel discussion here. Besides if you watch it, you won't have to listen to me tell you the same stuff. As they say it's easier to to bring the mountain to... or climb to.. or those who buy Mohammad a beer will certainly... Anyway, I forgot. ]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/01/24/you-me-the-wall/feed/ 2 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/01/20/losing-containment/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/01/20/losing-containment/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:05:36 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=5585 She’s Breaking Up Captain! So I’ve not been paddling in awhile. It’s not easy to do when the ice is 10 inches thick on the local waterways! Normally I would spend this time of year on the blog going off into weird corners and endlessly rehashing warmed over paddling topics.  I mean if you want [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/01/20/losing-containment/feed/ 0 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/01/12/who-gets-the-bill-for-the-helicopter/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/01/12/who-gets-the-bill-for-the-helicopter/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:01:02 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=5576 So today I’m on about a bit of local outdoor/nature related politics.  Where I live we have massive amounts of protected lands.  Most of it is owned by a mix of government and private agencies and is wonderfully open to the public.  Thing is, the local government sees all this land, especially the non-profit owned [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/01/12/who-gets-the-bill-for-the-helicopter/feed/ 1 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/12/19/the-gallery-store/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/12/19/the-gallery-store/#comments Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:04:12 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=5531 The camera is like an uneven path in a Japanese garden. It forces you to slow down and pay attention to the world around you. Photography is a gift you give yourself. You need not sell or even display your work to benefit. Most of the pictures I take ultimately are deleted or thrown away and still I have pleasant memories of those moments, even when nothing caught in the camera turned out. Still, if you click the shutter enough you are bound to have a few successes.]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/12/19/the-gallery-store/feed/ 3