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/2011/10/26/green-halloween/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/10/26/green-halloween/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:55:42 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=9088 OK, so I mentioned that I should wear my drysuit for Halloween this year… That brought up the suggestion that I could wear a green drysuit and go as the Creature from the Black Lagoon… “Centuries of passion pent up in his savage heart!” and all…  Of course we’d have to get some of those cool webbed [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/10/26/green-halloween/feed/ 0 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/10/26/cold-purple-toes/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/10/26/cold-purple-toes/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:01:27 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=9081 It's getting cold. Day 19 down and some 40ish miles to go. Well, I should'nt say it's cold exactly, it's not "winter paddling purple toes cold". It's that slowly seeping sort of cold that sneaks up on you over time. In fact, today I re-learned an old lesson about dealing with cold weather paddling. Keeping your feet warm can be tricky, and it's not always about the gear.]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/10/26/cold-purple-toes/feed/ 1 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/26/pour/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/26/pour/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:14:47 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=8998 You know what they say about cross-country skiing don’t you?  It’s fantastic as long as your dress for it!  It’s the same for paddling of course, especially when the floodgates of heaven open up over your head!  I’m seriously loving my Kokatat GOR-TEX Anorak. (I’d really be loving my Romany as well, if it weren’t getting about [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/26/pour/feed/ 3 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/19/pesky-gaskets/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/19/pesky-gaskets/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 20:11:05 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=8964 As the summer fades to autumn and both the air and water temperatures begin to drop, we’re once again faced with the prospect of dealing with those pesky latex gaskets.  Now it’s my position that latex gaskets are not uncomfortable if worn properly.  For the moment let’s take these pesky wrist gaskets for example. They were causing [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/19/pesky-gaskets/feed/ 4 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/16/back-to-the-wisconsin/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/16/back-to-the-wisconsin/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:46:03 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=8943 Tomorrow morning I’ll be joining a group of paddlers on a day trip down the Wisconsin river put on by Rutabaga Paddle Sports Shop of Madison, Wisconsin.  The Lower Wisconsin State Riverway is one of the state’s most popular destinations providing some 90 miles of paddling from below the dam at Sauk Prairie south-west until [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/16/back-to-the-wisconsin/feed/ 0