Re: [Paddlewise] "The Psycho Duck"

From: Alex Ferguson <a.ferguson_at_chem.canterbury.ac.nz>
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 09:45:59 +1200
> > I knew it was there (from a previous trip) and got the expected 
> reaction (!!!).
> >
> > Cruel???? :-)
>
>disturbed perhaps Alex, but not cruel.

For the decoy or my partner?

> > A good overnight trip that one, camped under pines (no tent), woke to the
> > sun rising over the mountains.
>
>camped?...no tent? definitely disturbed.

No dew under the pines, no wind either that night so we set up camp by the 
light of a candle. We'd ended up paddling in the pitch dark to the island. 
Breakfast in bed, reach out and light the stove for a cup of coffee....

>Just getting into winter down there, eh?

Very definitely, a few snow flurries in town last weekend - in a town where 
it doesn't often snow. Supposed to be 18 degrees today - centigrade!!

Alex


Alex (Sandy) Ferguson
Chemistry Department
University of Canterbury
New Zealand


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