I couldn't resist the redirection of the summer thread, what with the year-round paddling here in Texas and some of my favorite winter paddling times just ahead. It will be in 70s (F) here on the island today, falling into daytime highs in the 50s next week, all great paddling temps. Armand Bayou, a personal favorite, was magnificent at day's end yesterday. Over 20 species of birds - Texas is great for winter birding, and spring and summer and fall, always changing. The golden light of evening set off the trees, both bare, semi-bare, and evergreen. Dickinson Bayou the night before (yes, we paddled after dark) was fun too. On my sights: John Wiggins Bayou, Lake Charlotte, Greens Lake, Chocolate Bayou, ICW between Basford and Chocolate bayous, Aransas Bay, and many other places both already-explored and awaiting a first trip. At the end of next summer: New Zealand. It's the beginning of our autumn, their spring. Yee ha, Hobart, here I come. Cheers y'all. Natalie Wiest Galveston TX *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
On Monday, December 15, 2003, at 7:45:22 AM PST, Natalie Wiest wrote: > I couldn't resist the redirection of the summer thread, what with > the year-round paddling here in Texas and some of my favorite winter > paddling times just ahead. Good choice to mention Winter paddling! As far as I'm concerned, if there's liquid water available, it's paddling season! :-) In Winter, I especially love paddling on water that's surrounded by snow...it's a very special feeling. It's really nice when it snows down here at the coast, but even when it doesn't, I'll find inland and mountain lakes surrounded by snow to paddle in. I always look forward to Winter paddling...and Spring, Summer, and Autumn paddling as well! :-) -- Melissa *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Your winter our summer. Christmas night I'll be taking the train to Melbourne, a bus to Port Washpool and we've chartered a fishing boat to Deal Island in the middle of Bass Strait. Ten days of isolated island life; star gazing, sketching, fishing and even some kayaking on days when the whether is calm enough. I'm the caterer. All the best, PeterO *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Melissa posted (snip): >>Good choice to mention Winter paddling! As far as I'm concerned, if there's liquid water available, it's paddling season! :-) I always look forward to Winter paddling...and Spring, Summer, and Autumn paddling as well! :-)<< Hehehehe, just wait 'till ya move to Alaska! 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. I'm looking forward to "Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King" this weekend at the movie theatre, where the vehicle of fantasy "frees us from bondage to the pseudo-reality that most of us inhabit: a world deadened by bleary familiarity." While fantasy helps us recover an enlivened sense of wonder, according to Tolkien's commentators, paddling has an even greater impact, perhaps leaving deeper impressions that help us to re-examine and redefine our lives. In this regard, Reverend Bob is king to me. Doug Lloyd (who will settle on paddling Calvert Island this spring, for now...) Victoria BC *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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