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/2011/05/19/no-exit/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/05/19/no-exit/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 15:10:01 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=7949 The take away here is that what limited info I could get generally supports the assertion that kayaking, sea kayaking even more-so, is growing old. It would be nice if the symposiums began to seriously track these numbers. The shadowed glimpse I could get should be enough to have organizers a little concerned. Where will the majority of our audience be in 10 years? In the 60s to 70s group? 80s? Could we find ourselves soon working harder to modifying classes for elderly attendees than to offer more skill development choices for people in their prime? Something to think about.]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/05/19/no-exit/feed/ 21 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/07/02/close-your-eyes-and-sing/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/07/02/close-your-eyes-and-sing/#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:48:33 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=6262 Do you have a paddling song? Maybe a whole repertoire? What songs do you sing when you paddle? How did you choose them? People have paddling songs for lots of reasons. Some folks sing in groups just because they are class clowns or entertainers. I remember once paddling with a group of guys who knew all the lyrics to all the songs of the HMS Pinafore... ]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/07/02/close-your-eyes-and-sing/feed/ 1 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/07/28/served-with-neeps-and-nips/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/07/28/served-with-neeps-and-nips/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:20:10 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=4626 Every so often someone will tell me it’s a totally boring paddle. Yeah, whatever! I paddle every few days here at Devil’s Lake State Park. It’s bloody boring. To me. Sometimes. Still over a million people come each summer to explore this “boring” lake. It’s what we call being jaded. Besides the sea or loch, or lake is only one part of the story.]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/07/28/served-with-neeps-and-nips/feed/ 2 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/07/25/a-leap-once-leapt/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/07/25/a-leap-once-leapt/#comments Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:46:34 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=4582 It’s that time again. The time where I can’t let another day go by without making one decision or another about my upcoming paddling adventure. This time of course, it's Scotland. Some of it is easy enough. Buy this, buy that, read this, read that.. take notes! What is different is that with a little experience I’m trying to travel as lightly as I possibly can. ]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/07/25/a-leap-once-leapt/feed/ 2 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/10/29/guest/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/10/29/guest/#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:18:58 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=2138 I was sitting quietly in my room sorting quarters from Euros when a knock came at the door.  A man that I did not recognise appeared.  He said he was there to take me somewhere.  It was ok he told me. We would go to the home of the owners of the club.  I walked [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/10/29/guest/feed/ 2