Winter Solstice

Wishing a good winter solstice to all, and as the the days become longer may your pleasures grow.

For those up North, remember that your paddling season is getting closer day by day.

SouthernKevlar said:

Wishing a good winter solstice to all, and as the the days become longer may your pleasures grow.

For those up North, remember that your paddling season is getting closer day by day.

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Thanks, and the same to you. But I'm hoping for several more months of good skiing before soft water time rolls around again.

"to every thing, there is a season"

The origins of Christmas are clearly Pagan. We bring conifers into the house to make sure the sun comes back. We celebrate at the Winter Solstice. Give me that Old Tyme Religion.

SouthernKevlar said:

For those up North, remember that your paddling season is getting closer day by day.

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ppine said:

We bring conifers into the house to make sure the sun comes back.

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While ppine celebrates pagan rituals in the Nevada desert, two days ago I actually paddled New England flat water in December for the first time that I can recall—wearing a down parka in the cold, cat-pawing wind. For all the bad-mouthing I do about cold and snow at my crybaby age, I actually found paddling in the cold to be quite exhilarating. Maybe I've found a winter sport I can still like, so I'm keeping my new canoe on my sedan and hoping the water stays liquid.

Now I have to find the two-piece Kokatat drysuit I bought for sea kayaking 25 years ago . . . . Where the heck is it? . . . Found it hiding in my closet! . . . How unlikely that I actually put something in a logical place. . . . Wonder if it still fits me . . . . on this, the darkest day of the year.

Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence

(Thinking of fellow Lion Art Garfunkel, with whom I once shared a table at V&T in the early 60s.)

(Thinking of fellow Lion Art Garfunkel, with whom I once shared a table at V&T in the early 60s.)

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Not that I'm (in any way) a music critic and, meaning no disrespect to Simon et al but my favorite is still David Draiman. Not at all what I expected from Disturbed but, if you've never heard it, give it a listen.

Since this is a canoeing site, and you like The Sound of Silence and Disturbed, have at it!

I'm impressed with how quickly you found that (or maybe by how long you've been sitting on it?)

Some pretty serious whitewater but I have to wonder where their tents & food barrels are. (BTW: I'm portaging ALL of that. My bulletproof days are well behind me)

A Disturbingly efficient and entertaining tandem by Gamma and Mason.

"Make Canoeing Great Again" indeed. There's nothing like advanced whitewater training to produce the highest level of single stick boat control. That was an outstanding video in all respects.