quests

"sunshine is my quest" -- winston churchill

the days vary with the hour now and a sunlit day is rare indeed.  with blogger not allowing uploads from my files for a couple weeks i struggled not being able to journal.  i realize no one reads or views these lines but to mine own self be true..  now the contributions record the difficulty achieving the open water, with ice shelf on the ramp intermittently with thickness to resist rocks and hot words.  last week my sledge created an opening and the weight of me in the boat broke through to the channel.  saturday i put in at the south tailwater thinking the ramp was unusable but after carrying the boat 100 yards and paddling downriver i found the ramp free of ice and laughing at me heartily.  nature always wins.. rather like sidewalks and little girl's knees..

change

"it isn't the mountain ahead theat wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe." -- robert service

you'd know that just when everything else went into flux blogger would change the way you upload pics and i'd be lost in the cyberfog of what to do..... maybe it is just my brain now that i have so little sway on what will happen in the future... guess i'll go paddle (it's only -20 degrees F).  they've taken away my thousands of words..

a new day/year

"enjoy the present day, trusting very little to the morrow." -- horace, carmina

i had to crack 20' of ice and then tugboat the floes out of the way to make the open water.  a two hour paddle in zero temps was warm as long as i continued to move.  a great way to start an unpredictable new year.  glad the channel didn't ice back up like last time when i had to roll over on my side on the shelf and slide back to the ramp. 

waiting on the "fiscal cliff"? 

wishing everyone a happy new year and safe paddling.