I keep a journal of my trips to record things I learned and experienced. I log milage, time paddling, time put in, time taken out, weather and wave conditions, etc. I keep a running count of how many trips, hours and miles I have done. I'm not sure why I started doing this but I have kept it up. It is interesting to watch it all add up and go read earlier observations. I just use a journal I bought at an office store to record my trip. I try not to get wordy but sometimes I can use a page or so of the journal. It litterally can be a pain to write sometimes since I'm so used to typing. And writing sure is slow. Instead of writing and taking a computer, you might want to consider a tape recorder. The small micro tapes store an hour or so and you can carry lots of tapes. MUCH smaller than a computer and more reliable. I use a small recorder when I'm taking pictures to track lense useds, aperature, shutter speed, frame id, scene specifics and such. It so much easier and faster than taking notes. Hope this helps... Dan McCarty *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Nov 14 1999 - 18:14:31 PST
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