[Paddlewise] tent tale

              The wind was often quite strong, and occasionally a tiny
              but fierce thunder head would force us off the river.
              Surprisingly, we only had to don our rain gear a couple
              of times during the entire trip. For the most part, it
              was hot winds at our backs. Sometimes, though, this made
              setting camp interesting. One afternoon, just in time
              for the four o'clock blow, the tent just did not want to
              stay put. I laid it out to avoid the wind, staked it
              down, erected it, and watched it pretend it was a
              parachute. I started again. Laid it out, staked it down,
              set rocks over the stakes, erected it. Again a
              parachute. I started yet again. Laid it out, staked it
              down, set rocks over the stakes, tied it to the canoe,
              erected it. Darn thing pulled the canoe. One more time;
              this time with feeling. Laid it out, staked it down, set
              rocks over the stakes, binered and roped it to every
              boulder in sight, lowered the canoe into a small
              crevice, filled the canoe with rocks, tied it to the
              canoe, erected it. Success at last! It did not blow
              away! Unfortunately, it blew absolutely flat. Wind some,
              lose some.

>From "Kattawagami Untouched" at
www.geocities.com/~culpeper

Richard Culpeper
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