On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 1:18 AM, Tord <tord_at_mindless.com> wrote: > Here in southwestern Sweden the winter has been long and cold > Global waring is alive and well in the Northwestern area of North America. Except for a bitterly cold December (with temperatures just above zero Fahrenheit) we're pretty much warm and cozy; if a bit wetter than usual. I would like it more if it hadn't screwed up cross-country skiing. Today they say it will be sunshine and very close to 60F when normal temps in mid-February would be 30-deg (F) cooler. But there was a lot of newer snow in the mountains from a big weather system that pumped through over the weekend. It was nice to see that as I drove west on I-90 yesterday. Speaking of cross-country (Nordic) skiing, the coverage on NBC of this facet of the Winter Olympics has been much better than ever before. As a result we were treated to the unusual sight of that female Nordic skier taking a nasty fall (into a culvert). The Nordic sprints were pretty exciting to watch, too. I just wish they'd cover paddling events as well for the Summer Olympics. Maybe in 3-1/2 years they will. Even with the warmer temperatures I have not been paddling. This is partly due to the rocks that litter my "beach" when the lake is at winter elevations and partly due to the fact that the water temp is still in the low 30s. Getting into, and back out of, a kayak is always a difficult thing for me to accomplish and doing it while the kayak is balanced on rocks surrounded by frigid water is, to say the least, a bit off-putting. Tord.... hope your mom is doing well. We're thinking of her, here. :) Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayaking.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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Feb 18 2010 - 06:20:02 PST
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