Re: [Paddlewise] Where are you paddling this WINTER

Thanks Doug I appreciate the compliments. Just hope I can find a publisher
who feels close to the same.
Peace upon the water,

Bob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Lloyd" <dalloyd_at_telus.net>
Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Where are you paddling this WINTER


> Or as Bob writes in one of his stories entitled_ The Land Of Ice
Mountains_,
> "I pass the long Alaska winter nights by studying maps and dreaming of
> places to paddle." Ditto in his original post on this thread.
>
> BTW, Bob's entire re-written collection is really very inspiring. I most
> definitely will want to venture up there within the next few years.
Reading
> his stories has leant a proleptical intensity to my future paddling plans.
> Alaska by armchair just will not do any longer, even if Bob is a superb
> wordsmith. Words like "wonderful wildlife encounter," legend and wonder,"
> "in the midst of wind and waves I became transformed," and "a closer
> presence with our Creator" just seep into my DNA. I can run, but I can't
> hide. All this paddling and mystery and closeness with the Creator against
a
> backdrop of spectacular scenery and splendid opportunity. Alaska or bust.
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