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/2011/06/01/wmcka-picture-day/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/06/01/wmcka-picture-day/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:17:06 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=8056 I have two photo galleries for you today.. The first gallery is a variety of pictures from the 2011 WMCKA symposium as well as a few from the drive over and back.  As you know, most of my galleries tend to wander all over the place just to catch the atmosphere. Camp Pendaloun certainly has [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/06/01/wmcka-picture-day/feed/ 0 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/05/31/return-of-the-dragon/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/05/31/return-of-the-dragon/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 15:22:50 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=8035 On Saturday morning I paddled around Big Blue Lake, the site of the WMCKA kayak symposium early in the morning while a heavy fog shrouded the distant shoreline. My eye caught upon a log that looked amazingly like a dragon straight from the imagination of Terry Gilliam.   I didn’t take a camera with me, but [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/05/31/return-of-the-dragon/feed/ 3 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/05/26/i-love-wmcka/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/05/26/i-love-wmcka/#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 16:50:48 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=8030 As if you couldn’t guess, I’m really excited to be heading off to the West Michigan Coastal Kayak Association’s annual symposium. ( Called WMCKA or WimKa for short.)  Not only does WMCKA kick of the summer symposium season here in the Great Lakes region, but it’s also one of the top symposiums for beginners due [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/05/26/i-love-wmcka/feed/ 0 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/05/26/having-been-restrung/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/05/26/having-been-restrung/#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 11:48:15 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=8025 If you’ve been following along in earlier posts as I worked on putting leather lines on the skinboat, you’ve not seen the finished product.  Here it is.   Now I need to get back to work.  Only one workday left before I head out to Michigan by way of Chicago for the West Michigan Coastal Kayaker’s [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/05/26/having-been-restrung/feed/ 0 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/05/24/the-groove-engine/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/05/24/the-groove-engine/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 14:28:06 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=7993 Last week I posted a picture of a singer and asked if anyone knew who the woman in the image was.  The answer is Betsie Anderson. Betsie and Al Anderson are the owners and creators of the finely crafted Betsie Bay kayaks of Frankfort Michigan. I took the photo at the West Michigan Coastal Kayak [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/05/24/the-groove-engine/feed/ 0