Rick posted: >I paddled about a mile out into the glassy Atlantic Ocean, and watched the sun come up in the east. What a glorious spectacle of colors it was! Nothing before had ever been seen by mortal eyes. But, alas, I wasn't alone. All around me were the dolphin, jumping for joy and frolicking beside the boat.< Loved the story Rick (though Dave's Columbia River paddle had a little more, um, realistic grit to it, to say the least :-) ). Was enjoying your fantasy until the "glassy Atlantic Ocean" part. Sounds frightfully flat. Besides, everyone knows that the most exquisite paddling, regardless of conditions/sea state preferred, occurs on the Pacific Ocean, with dolphins, Orca, and Grey Whales jumping about -- and arguably the most glorious, well, sunsets anyway. However, we don't have any Mermaids; just Sirens, and they do tend to call out and get some of us paddlers into trouble from time to time. Maybe ear plugs should be a required safety item. Doug Lloyd (entertaining his own fantasies of getting back on the water after heart surgery scheduled for May) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ "Whatever can be said at all can be said clearly and whatever cannot be said clearly should not be said at all." Ludwig Wittgenstein ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Apr 30 2004 - 23:23:09 PDT
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