Re: [Paddlewise] Queen Charlottes Return

From: Steve Cramer <cramer_at_coe.uga.edu>
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 16:32:20 -0400 (EDT)
On Sun, 25 Aug 2002, Melissa Reese wrote:

> On Sunday, August 25, 2002, at 10:09:30 AM PST, Kirby Stevens wrote:
> 
> > When we were in the islands we were fortunate enough to get a stint
> > of sunny weather that lasted 9 days. On the other hand we managed to
> > get 7 days of miserable weather. We were fortunate to observe the
> > best and the worst of nature.
> 
> Eek...I feel one of my weather rants coming on...
> 
> I propose that we eliminate the terms "bad", "miserable", etc. from
> our weather description vocabulary, and instead look at how our own
> wishes and expectations might cause us to overlook the joys and
> wonders that each different weather scenario offers us.

Amen to Melissa's rant. There are not bad days, only underdressed kayakers 
(hikers, motorcyclists, bikers, whatever).

I would, though, call attention to the last sentence of Kirby's paragraph. 
We were similarly blessed recently in the Lofotens, although we still 
managed to paddle every day.

-- 
Steve Cramer                     



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