Welcome to my brain. It’s messy. It’s interesting. And it’s all connected if you stick around long enough. "Believe Nothing: no matter who said, even if I have said it, except it agree with your own reason and common sense. Siddhartha Guatamo, the Buddha.

The end of fifty-five

One year gone, one of 55 circumnavigations of the sun; the one where I had proposed “100 miles a month” in kayaking.

Ok,  so I dropped that ball as if it were a lead weight bigger than me.  What I DID do (for the most part) was hit water once a week, sometimes twice, and my miles did add up: around 200 or so.   1000, give or take, LESS than my proposal.

But it did me good: my water anxiety is gone. My trust of my skills and the design of the boats has grown. (And a HUGE part of that was in taking Rio down the Pigeon, twice, at two different flow rates.  She showed me things these little boats can do, that I needed to learn at the gut level.)

And I am wrapping this year out with an overnight excursion.   Temps are supposed to plummit into the 40s overnight: dont care! GOING!!! 

And maybe this year will see a rise in those milage numbers. 

My quest for a “better” boat continues.  Looking at P&H, and NDK with a smattering of other makers. And I’m watching for those deals,,,  They are out there,  just not always with good timing.

Yah, I could probably make my ‘near perfect’ (there are always compromises) boat; but the investment involved,,, I think waiting for the deal will be the better bet.  Rising costs of materials doesnt help my motitvation any either.

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Lunch stop

Another month or so, these trees will be shedding leaves hard n fast.   Right now, Im enjoying the last gasps of summer with a dash of Autumn spice

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  1. Mike in FLA.'s avatar
    Mike in FLA.

    So what if’n ya dropped the ball – given yer doings, I, personally don’t think there’s anything ungood about that particular thing. Dammit man – I truly wish I was able to do that. Sheeeiiittt, I’d be xstatic! Anyhoo, besides the mileage bit, look at what you’ve accomplished!

    Kudos on keeping at it! That overnight thing sounds SOOO good – sumbitch – wish I could still do that sheeeiiittt!!

    Those pix are GREAT – dam if that ain’t a mighty good lookin place to be.

    Anyway, best of luck (or however ya wanna put it) in yer endeavors! Guess my Grandson coming to stay fer a while is a good thing – got me all optimistic and sheeeiiittt! Not about pol-i-ticks (that’s gonna be a shit show fer sure – just took delivery of 200 168 & 175 FGMM 308s😁👍 – and 200 69 & 75 223’s – oh yeah – and 3 more 50 cal cans fer ’em, doo to those fuqd up pol-i-ticks), but the here and now. Been a LOOONGG time since I’ve seen him this stoked!! Mikee REALLY likes it😁👍

    As to you, good Sir – have a dam good un!🥂🍻

    Y’all take care (4 L’s),
    Mike in FLA.

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    September 7, 2024 at 3:09 pm

  2. Jay's avatar
    Jay

    Happy Birthday Dio. Congrats on your water-time success. Goals are important and all, but ACTION is more important. From where I sit, I think you’ve had a hell of a year! I can’t even remember the last time I went out for waves… ’24 is shaping up to be my absolute worst year for surfing since I got back into it 6 or so years back after a REALLY LONG break. I admire your tenacity – 200 miles is nothing to shrug off. It may be 5x less than you wanted, but it was 200x MORE than nothing!

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    September 7, 2024 at 7:25 pm