how dry I am

and not just in the sobriety department.  

My writing drive is sitting on empty, and the only reason I am even posting this is ‘rule 1’  POST SOMETHING!!! (every day encouraged)

Yeah,,, that,,,   BUT, when you are looking at a blank screen and its glaring at you near as strong as you are glaring at it, not much comes to settle the stalemate; or is that a Mexican standoff?

Local news: the wier near the old power plant was removed this week.   Its been 10+  years since the last death there, and the power company was forced to pay out quite a settlement on it, but still that wier remained.   Well, A fellow Kayaker, who works for the state Wildlife/rivers division was asking around about weirs and low head dams; little ol’ me sent him a pin in Maps to the place (this was last year) and now, poof! it’s GONE,,,   River levels upstream dropped 5′.   Levels down stream seem similar if not a little elevated, but its a hardcall as the water levels are definitely up right now.    I’m gonna take Blue jean out this weekend and get a water level view of the changes.  (BJ, because she can handle a belly scrape whereas Lyssa can not.)

That means I could ‘theoretically’ paddle from Harlan KY, to the Cumberland Falls and NOT need to portage anywhere along the way.  (theoretically because water levels oftimes dictate a portage ‘just cuz’.)   Thats a week long trek if I so chose that ‘vacation option’.   Not something I want to do solo though: you know, banjos, stuff,,,   I live here, I know how strange some peeps can be, and a lot of that track is literally in the middle of flippin Gods Country with no cell coverage.   Thats a bonus for finding campsites, but lowers the odds of meeting some odds,,, if’n ya get my drift.  (and there would most assuredly be an “Old Faithful but Ugly” packed with me.   45ACP is a hella deterent. 

One advantage of that trip: lots of sections not far from a main road, and that means ready access to stores and such.  Little need for massive amounts of supplies.  (and yes, there are lots of sections where that ISN’T the case, its a balance of both.)  Example: There is a save-a-lot right on the river banks as the river rolls into the closest town.   Beach the boats, go shopping, paddle on to a campsite with fresh food for dinner.   Easy-peasy.

and right now, its a dream float,,,

“So many dreams, on the shelf,,,”

I think that sort of thing is why I am so dry right now.   Things I wanna do, but getting them done,,,   Local paddling has become tiresome, mostly because the lake has only one access poitn open to the public, and in the summer, its usually party central to idjits with weed and boomboxes.   Getting TO the ramp is never fun.   The other options are all 40 miles or more away. (other than the river which also bores the F! out of me lately.   Not whitewater, almost zero current slow mover sort of thing, and hard access points (sandy soil banks that are steep and not sturdy.))

I’ll find a happy medium eventually,,,   or I’ll move my carcass to somewhere else and explore the hell out if it.  Time will tell..

Since I have nothing of import, y’all take care, and I will try to find something worth talkin’bout.   Till then,

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