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/2009/12/28/fog-bowl-2010/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/12/28/fog-bowl-2010/#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:45:38 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=5556 Free as a bird, it’s the next best thing to be. Free as a bird. – beatles It’s almost New Year’s Day again.  That means it’s time for the annual Fog Bowl at Lake Columbia in Portage, Wisconsin.  The fog bowl is the day when ice locked kayakers around Wisconsin finally crack and  decide to [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/12/28/fog-bowl-2010/feed/ 2 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/03/05/march-wind/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/03/05/march-wind/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:35:34 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=3345 I had hoped for sun but that hope faded quickly as thick dark  clouds continued to pour over the horizon. What’s more the wind began to howl out of the south kicking up the straight north south channel of Lake Columbia filling it with pushy waves and cats paws.  I ran with the waves up [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/03/05/march-wind/feed/ 3 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2005/04/04/the-power-plant-a-green-bell/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2005/04/04/the-power-plant-a-green-bell/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2005 14:53:00 +0000 derrick http://cheesestate.com/quixotica/?p=39 A Hydro-field cuts through my neighborhood, Somehow that always just made me feel good, I can put a spare bulb in my hand, And light up my yard – Bare Naked Ladies Saturday I had a quick paddle on Lake Columbia with another local kayaker. We had not really met before so there is always [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2005/04/04/the-power-plant-a-green-bell/feed/ 0 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2005/03/28/quick-notes-again/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2005/03/28/quick-notes-again/#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2005 13:07:00 +0000 derrick http://cheesestate.com/quixotica/?p=36 Had a nice day out at Lake Columbia yesterday. Even paddling the ugliest lake in the world cannot dampen the excitement of a warm spring day! I’ve updated my site navigation just a bit to add a “video clips” section. Not sure what I will do with it yet, but stay tuned. For the moment [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2005/03/28/quick-notes-again/feed/ 0 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2005/03/21/do-androids-dream-of-electric-kayaking-rabbits/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2005/03/21/do-androids-dream-of-electric-kayaking-rabbits/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:28:00 +0000 derrick http://cheesestate.com/quixotica/?p=32 “Now I’ve been happy lately, thinking about the good things to come” – Cat Stevens Oddly I don’t plan kayaking days, (as disjointed as this post is you can see I don’t plan them either) at least not within a 30 mile radius. It’s just impulsive. In the summer I’m often working on the computer [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2005/03/21/do-androids-dream-of-electric-kayaking-rabbits/feed/ 6