Great picture and story. Living next to a terminal lake we just recycle the water around here. Paddle on it while it evaporates, ski on it in the mountains where it accumulates, and paddle on it again the following year.
: It was indeed a nasty snow day today. Linda decided that it would
: be a cold day in hell before she drove in this weather (almost 2
: feet of snow expected by tomorrow morning...had over a foot and
: some already) and she decided that I needed to stay home as
: well. Well, who am I to argue as visions of working on the kayak
: immediately formed in my head. I spent a couple of hours sanding
: but kept looking outside then looking up at the VJ, hanging
: rather forlornly from the ceiling. By noon I had enough of
: attempting to styme the desire to get on the river. I talked to
: Linda and suggested that since she had a doctors appointment, I
: might as well go paddle. I swore I'd be only an hour on the
: water or so (yah, right!). I got in 3 hours of paddling and came
: home to a wonderfully delicious hot dinner which included
: meatloaf, spuds, beans and tabuli (that greek parsley salad).
: Interestingly, during the drive home the local CBC radio station
: was chatting about how great the snow would be for skiers. Right
: away I felt as if they needed to understand that kayaking season
: was not over and kayakers (well, some kayakers) love snow, too!
: I phoned them to chat briefly. They not only mentioned my call
: on the radio but now want to interview me tomorrow so that they
: can run a story about winter paddling and what it is like to be
: on the river during a winter storm. The station is CBC Radio One
: (AM) and the show is Radio Active (afternoon show). Listen in if
: you think cold weather paddling sucks...maybe you'll come to
: understand how wrong you are.

: Robert N Pruden