Re: [Paddlewise] Bad weather - lovin' it!

You will be ready for night storm paddling soon!!!

Glad you are enjoying it all. I find the rough water winter paddling 
encourages good skills for the longer summer expeditioning where I'd 
naturally be exposed to more severe conditions than closer to home in those 
same summer months. It's all good. You AD paddler, you.

Doug L


> One side effect of getting a dry suit last year was something even I
> could not have predicted. Being as that I build the boats that I
> paddle, my time is split between the shop and being on the water. I
> honestly can't say which I like better.
>
> B.D. (before dry suit) I would work in the shop all winter, paddling
> when the weather permitted, and conversely paddle more in the spring
> and summer months, building when I felt like it. Now however I find
> that I would rather spend those nice sunny calm weather days in the
> shop while paddling on the rainy windy days. Flat sunny days are
> frankly boring.
>
> I was out on Lake Washington for a couple of hours today and
> yesterday. Today's weather: rain and wind. Fantastic. No drunken
> power boaters. No jet ski a**holes. Plenty of birds though.I saw two
> eagles successfully pull fish out of the water. Today I saw a pair of
> Canadian Geese with one new baby they were swimming around. The first
> I've seen this year. Drifting along in the rain I also sat and
> watched the swallows at work.
>
> While everyone else is moaning about the "bad" spring we're having,
> I'm truly enjoying it.
>
> Paul Montgomery
> paul_at_paddleandoar.com
> http://paddleandoar.com
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