Re: [Paddlewise] bye bye for now

Bob:

Godspeed, and, as we say (in Hebrew) in these parts, "Tzeytkhah le-shalom,
u-voakhah le-shalom."  May you go in peace, and return, in peace.

Josh


On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Rev. Bob Carter wrote:

> I will be signing off (sometime this weekend) for a couple weeks.
> 
> 
> I am about to take off on my yearly sea kayak trip. I will be circumnavigating
> Kuiu (pronounced que-u) Island here in southeast Alaska. I will take a ferry
> to the Tlingit village of Kake and take off from there. the milage is 165
> miles plus exploring.I plan on taking two weeks, hopefully arriving back in
> Kake on july forth to catch the ferry back to Sitka. I am more worried about
> the ferry making it then me, one of the state ferrys caught fire recently
> messing up the entire schedule,thankfully no one was hurt.
> 
> 
> Kuiu is known for wolves and black bear (in southeast grizzlies and black
> bears on islands do not mix. If you have grizzly (brown) bear they will kill
> off the wolf and Black bear. However Black bear and wolf can co-exist.) So I
> will hang my food up each night and listen for the canis lupus choir.
> 
> 
> As usual I will be solo. My work is people intensive so once a year I seek out
> the solitude of the wilderness.Solo trips are risky I will admit, but the
> emotional and spiritual benifits make it worth it.
> 
> 
> I say goodbye with a quote
> 
> 
> "The wilderness is not the only place one can listen to God, but it isthere,
> in the intense silence, that one is more inclined to listen" David
> Douglas...Wilderness Sojourn
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> somewhere amid the wind and waves
> 
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> Sitka
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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