> -----Original Message----- > From: MJAkayaker_at_aol.com [mailto:MJAkayaker_at_aol.com] > Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 1:12 PM > To: PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subject: [Paddlewise] Liverpool to Amsterdam Trip (long) > > > The storms in the North Sea were raging furiously. snip of a wonderfully descriptive piece of writing > > If you live in a place where you can paddle with whales and > sea lions or > enjoy magnificent scenery on a daily basis I envy you. If > you don't, I hope > you can find a nearby place like Chocolate Bayou. Paddle > often and enjoy how > the area changes with the seasons. Look for and enjoy those > simple little > events and views. Don’t pass up an opportunity to enjoy > those larger than > life encounters, but don’t wait for one before you do any paddling. > > MJAkayaker_at_aol.com > Mark J. Arnold Mark, Thanks for the great piece of writing and taking us all along with you on a special journey down the bayou - I could practically smell the deep rich scents of a southern afternoon. I'm one of those lucky folks who _does_ live in a place where calving glaciers, deep fjords and towering peaks, humpback whales, orcas, seals, brown bears and eagles are common sights, but I still find wonder and joy in the simple things too. Paddling in and of itself takes me immediately away from the troubles and stress of everyday life; there's magic in being on the water - a calm and quiet that wrap around me like a favorite blanket on a cold night. Watching a kingfisher or a heron patiently plying its trade along a quiet shoreline or watching as a beaver industriously makes its way through the lengthening shadows on a summer eve bring a different kind of smile to my soul than the thrill of watching a bald eagle swoop out of the sky to take a salmon or watching as a huge fin slices through the water yards away, but neither has greater value than the other. (and yes, I will admit, even our local lake has a glacier - Juneau is a really, really tough place to live if you love the outdoors <grin> 'course it does rain here just a little bit) Dave Seng Juneau, Alaska *************************************************************************** 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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