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/2011/12/13/counting-geese/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/12/13/counting-geese/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:55:20 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=9172 It’s a good thing that I only have a couple more days left on my 100 mile paddle at Devil’s Lake State Park, the amount of open water on the lake is shrinking each day.  For the moment, the massive number of Canada geese hanging out at the park seem happy with the expanding ice. [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/12/13/counting-geese/feed/ 5 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/11/29/27/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/11/29/27/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:45:09 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=9160 Did you know that Canoecopia tickets are already available for 2012?  Ticket prices went up for 2012, but if you get on your horse you can save a bit by purchasing yours online right away.  I’m assuming you already know that Canoecopia is the countries largest paddle sports expo and is held each year in [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/11/29/27/feed/ 0 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/backyard-adventure/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/19/backyard-adventure/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:02:25 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=8957 It's raining this morning and not quite 60 f. The weather seers say that the day will turn warm and sunny... eventually. Oh well, if I'm going to get my paddle time in today, I need to do it right away this morning. This will count as day two of my "100 miles to winter" paddle to celebrate the 100th anniversary of my local state park. I think it's cool that in a month of days I'll be able to see the world pass from the greens of summer, through the jubilant colors of fall and then in the end, to the charcoal sketched environment of late fall, all from the seat of my kayak. ]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/19/backyard-adventure/feed/ 1 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/08/01/the-rain-king/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/08/01/the-rain-king/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:23:32 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=8601 I love the rain, any foul weather in fact. Sure, you get wet. Sometimes you get cold.  Sometimes you can hardly hold your eyes open.  Still, that’s the price of often dream-like landscapes and what can be a very sensual connection to our planet.  Rain, wind, and even snowstorms are often like fire alarms for [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/08/01/the-rain-king/feed/ 3