1/13 Went out today for a last minute paddle with my friends Barb and Ken. A beautiful day, although a stiff off-shore wind was cause for concern. Before we headed out, Barb showed me the new GP Duane Strosaker made her, which I think looks better than some of Beales I've seen. It stayed in its GP sock though, as Barb is still tinkering with it. Ken was limited to a liquid diet for a medical procedure tomorrow, so we took it easy and only paddled to BAR. It was nice to have my old back band on the new boat, held on as it might be by rust and a prayer. This was actually only the Lollygagger III's first time out of the harbor and she handled it just like Lollygagger II. Imagine that! I headed back behind BAR to check things out thinking that the tide was too low for a pass, but a surge of water came around giving me enough clearance over the big rocks, so I headed through. It was quite squirelly inside the arch and I thought for a moment I was going to initiat my pristine gelcoat with a new BAR souveneir, but managed to tame the pesky side current. On the other side, Ken was completing an offside roll and we held a short roll practice. I knocked off a couple shakey rolls and Ken had varying success with his offside, but none on the good. We headed back for the harbor for a bit more rolling, but on the way ran into Carol Fallon paddling with Scott Hilliard. I'd never met Scott, before though we've chat in emails a couple times, so it was nice to meet him. We spent some time rolling at Pirates Cove and I showed K&B I can do a less extende paddle roll. The water was cold though and we both decided to quit while we were ahead. On our way back to the beach, we ran into Chuck Freedman, whom Ken hit up for free medical advice on whether white wine qualifies under the "clear liquids" diet. Suffice to say, Ken came away happy. It was a nice, easy day on the water and I got to keep up my rolling success for the year. Just think, if I quite paddling now, I could be perfect on the year! Mark www.sandmarks.net *************************************************************************** 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 Jan 13, 2008, at 5:52 PM, Mark Sanders wrote: > 1/13 > Went out today for a last minute paddle with my friends Barb and Ken. Nice name for a couple... http://www.outdoorplace.org/paddling/Model/100_0006_img_4.jpg Paul Montgomery paul_at_paddleandoar.com http://paddleandoar.com *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Since the 1950s it's been traditional for all American couples to rename themselves "Barb and Ken". Mr. Answer Man Moses Lake, WA On Jan 13, 2008 6:53 PM, Paul Montgomery <paul_at_paddleandoar.com> wrote: > On Jan 13, 2008, at 5:52 PM, Mark Sanders wrote: > > > 1/13 > > Went out today for a last minute paddle with my friends Barb and Ken. > > Nice name for a couple... > > http://www.outdoorplace.org/paddling/Model/100_0006_img_4.jpg *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Previous to that, the names were "John" and "Marsha." Steve Craig Jungers wrote: > Since the 1950s it's been traditional for all American couples to rename > themselves "Barb and Ken". > > Mr. Answer Man > Moses Lake, WA -- Steve Cramer Athens, GA http://www.savvypaddler.com *************************************************************************** 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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