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/2011/02/24/enviromentalism/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/02/24/enviromentalism/#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:07:23 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=7051 I wouldn’t call myself an environmentalist any more than I’d call myself a house-ist.  I live in my house, so it’s obvious to me that I must take care of it.  There’s always cleaning, repairing and replacing to do because our house is a hundred years old and, well, lived in. It’s not a faith [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/02/24/enviromentalism/feed/ 1 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/07/30/its-just-stuff-that-happened/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/07/30/its-just-stuff-that-happened/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:33:44 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=4648 It was nice to see Justine again. On Tuesday she flew over from Manchester to Chicago, then hopped in a rental car and drove straight up to Wausau for the Open Boat Nationals that begin tomorrow. On the way she stopped in at the house for a quick chat.  My hope is that we’ll get [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/07/30/its-just-stuff-that-happened/feed/ 0 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/2009/07/27/either-you-do-or-you-dont/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/07/27/either-you-do-or-you-dont/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:16:52 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=4618 Whenever those road bumps get in our way we have choices, adapt, move forward, or regroup and hit it another time… I find I have the voice of that grumpy old relative in my head. You know the type; “No retreat, No surrender..”, “sh*t or get off the pot.”, or the phrase I can relate to much better, “Either you do, or you don’t.” So OK then.. let’s adapt. Either I will, or I won't.]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/07/27/either-you-do-or-you-dont/feed/ 8 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