AUTHOR’S NOTE: This column is intended to be entertaining at the expense of truth and accuracy, but I sneak in some good information as well. It is up to the reader to distinguish between entertainment and reality.
Q: What is all this?
A: This is the delux Bruce Bodson Brazos de Dios put-in / take-out kit.
Q: Where is the most spectacular place you have seen a kayak?
A: Sea kayaking in the Lofoten archipelago (Norway) looks pretty spectacular . . .
. . . but Boquillas and Santa Elena Canyons do it for me.
Q: What happens when you lose your concentration while kayaking?
A: Please see Alice negotiating the Rock Slide training rapid below:
Q: What are some of the views you would see on a typical night paddling trip?
A:
Q: What did Indian author (fiction, romance and sports), professional magician, mentalist and all-round charlatan Amit Kalantri say about rivers?
Q: In your photos of the Buffalo River put-in, the group was eating pizza. How did you slice the pizza in this remote location?
A: We used the Level Six pizza slicer
WORD OF THE MONTH:
Used in a sentence:
Alice says she is so glad she followed the cacoethes to join the trip through Colorado and Santa Elena Canyons, even though it terrified her.
Q: If volcanos, asteroids, and an inconveniently timed ice age had not wiped out the dinosaurs, how would your paddling trips be different?
A: I would have to add a few more items to the list of hazards and make sure the waiver covered death by all great blue heron relatives, including this most impressive spinosaurus.
GOOD ONE:
A good life is when you
- smile often,
- dream big,
- laugh a lot, and
- realize how blessed you are for what you have.
MUG O’ THE MONTH:
OVERHEARD . . .
PARTING THOUGHT:
Positive people are not positive because they’ve skated through life. They’re positive because they’ve been through hell and decided they don’t want to live there anymore.--- Mona Lisa Nyman