I went out on a sunset paddling trip on my birthday (yesterday) with two of my best friends. After a brief stop on a small secluded beach, we paddled out and around a corner. To our amazement, there was the most awesome rainbow any of us had ever seen. It was a double rainbow that was a perfect semi-circle and the ends landed on two separate islands. The color of the sky inside the inner rainbow was ineffable. We all just sat there in our kayaks for along time just staring at it. What a wonderful birthday present! We sat there until it started getting dark. To our delight, when we turned around, we saw one of the better sunsets. We paddle out to this particular island at least once a week. We are seldom disappointed with the sunsets, especially during the rainy season. I started paddling on my birthday 22 years ago. I turned 44 yesterday so that means that I've officially been paddling half of my life! I love it just as much today as I ever have. This was one of the best natural gifts I've ever received! All the best, Dave Dave Williams dave_at_paddleasia.com http://paddleasia.com Phuket, Thailand *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
What a lovely trip report! Thank you for sharing your beautiful birthday gift with us. And "Happy Birthday." Joan On Mon, 18 Oct 1999 08:19:40 +0700 "Dave Williams" <paddler_at_loxinfo.co.th> writes: > I went out on a sunset paddling trip on my birthday (yesterday) with > two of > my best friends. After a brief stop on a small secluded beach, we > paddled > out and around a corner. To our amazement, there was the most > awesome > rainbow any of us had ever seen. It was a double rainbow that was a > perfect > semi-circle and the ends landed on two separate islands. The color > of the > sky inside the inner rainbow was ineffable. We all just sat there > in our > kayaks for along time just staring at it. What a wonderful birthday > present! > > We sat there until it started getting dark. To our delight, when we > turned > around, we saw one of the better sunsets. We paddle out to this > particular > island at least once a week. We are seldom disappointed with the > sunsets, > especially during the rainy season. > > I started paddling on my birthday 22 years ago. I turned 44 > yesterday so > that means that I've officially been paddling half of my life! I > love it > just as much today as I ever have. This was one of the best natural > gifts > I've ever received! > > All the best, > Dave > > Dave Williams > dave_at_paddleasia.com > http://paddleasia.com > Phuket, Thailand > > ************************************************************************* ** > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author > and not > to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission > Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net > Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ > ************************************************************************* ** ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Dave An inspiring tale! And I can only hope that I am as lucky as you to be able to say that I have paddled half my life and still enjoying it as much as the first day I put in!!! Of course, I started at 47 -- but you never know, right!!! LISTEN UP!!!! If there are any 94-year-old paddlers out there, please speak up now!!! I'm in dire need of moral support!!! Oh well, rest assured, I'll be giving it my all for 40-plus -- God willing-- so beware!!! Jim Tynan Pike Road AL ~-----Original Message----- ~From: owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net ~[mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net]On Behalf Of Dave Williams ~Sent: Sunday, October 17, 1999 8:20 PM ~To: Paddlewise news group ~Subject: [Paddlewise] Awesome birthday sunset trip ~ ~ ~I went out on a sunset paddling trip on my birthday (yesterday) with two of ~my best friends. After a brief stop on a small secluded beach, we paddled ~out and around a corner. To our amazement, there was the most awesome ~rainbow any of us had ever seen. It was a double rainbow that was ~a perfect ~semi-circle and the ends landed on two separate islands. The color of the ~sky inside the inner rainbow was ineffable. We all just sat there in our ~kayaks for along time just staring at it. What a wonderful birthday ~present! ~ ~We sat there until it started getting dark. To our delight, when we turned ~around, we saw one of the better sunsets. We paddle out to this particular ~island at least once a week. We are seldom disappointed with the sunsets, ~especially during the rainy season. ~ ~I started paddling on my birthday 22 years ago. I turned 44 yesterday so ~that means that I've officially been paddling half of my life! I love it ~just as much today as I ever have. This was one of the best natural gifts ~I've ever received! ~ ~All the best, ~Dave ~ ~Dave Williams ~dave_at_paddleasia.com ~http://paddleasia.com ~Phuket, Thailand ~ ~*************************************************************************** ~PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the ~author and not ~to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission ~Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net ~Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ~Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ~*************************************************************************** ~ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Happy Birthday, Dave. Many More. Bruce WEO *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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