---John Winters wrote--- >People over estimate waves because of the angles at which they view them. >When you are looking down into a wave it always looks huge. When you write >about them they get even bigger (something to do with distance from the >wave). Very interesting. I am sure, but don't know how, that this somehow relates to the braveness of my 7 year old son. In Yellowstone last week, after reading all the "Many people have been gored by Buffalo..." signs, we spotted a resting buffalo no more than 50 feet away. My son actually started to levitate above the ground as the flight instinct set in - I'm talking near panic here. My son became increasingly more brave with each step away from the behometh. The same bravery was exhibited earlier at Buffalo Jump State Park in Montana. The rattlesnake signs rattled my son. It didn't help that all the grass hoppers there kind of sounded like rattlesnakes. We did encounter a real rattlesnake that tweaked some nerves - we didn't actually see it, but we could definately hear it. It was at least twenty yards below us in a tiny gulley. As we were driving away my son was talking about how rattlesnakes didn't bother him - yeah right! >The rule is to never let the truth get in the way of a good story. >Anyone remember those six foot waves the power boats made in Georgian Bay? Judging from my sons reactions, story telling is just something that is hardwired into some of us. Brian. -- ================================================================ | Brian Heifner | Email: bheifner_at_rational.com | | Sr. Technical Writer | Tel: 503-748-6743 | | Rational Software Corporation | | ================================================================ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Sep 01 1998 - 10:20:05 PDT
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