Author Archives: canoelover

We had a fun evening placing pots of purple loostrife beetles in the marshes around Upper Mud Lake. The damselflies were hatching and colorless tenerals were landing on our arms, paddles, gunwales, hands, and anywhere else they could land. It … Continue reading →

“Bad writers … are nearly always haunted by the notion that Latin or Greek words are grander than Saxon ones.” – George Orwell That’s an interesting notion. Having a classics background, I suppose I tend to lean on Latinate words … Continue reading →

Upsides of attending the Door County Sea Kayak Symposium: 1) Really great people. I am always amazed at the quality of individuals that kayaking attracts. The whole Wagon Trail was full of paddlers in various stages of wetness (bone dry … Continue reading →

This is a post from my crackberry, something that scares me a little since it’s really easy to say something embarrassing, like “pubic” instead of “public.”. Typing on this keyboard requires arachnoid digits otherwise it’s like typing on a regular … Continue reading →

Life is good. Talk to you next week… Canoe(and kayak)lover

Could these be River Bluets? They’re a species of concern, and damsels are scary-difficult to identify, even with a picture and a lot of looking. The problem is that their taxonomy is so subtle and the differences between them so … Continue reading →

My silly daughter. She got a hold of my label maker and started going nuts. Our friend Megan had the misfortune of being in the house when the labels started flying. Tongue. Uvula. Duodenum. Elbow. No one escaped the carnage. … Continue reading →

Ben Lawry visited us this week to teach some master classes—forward stroke, core kayaking skills, etc. Great stuff, and I was lucky enough to take a few hours and sit in on the first half of the forward stroke clinic. … Continue reading →

Kayak camp runs every week all summer, and I love it. Lots of young people running around in PFDs, excited about life and paddling and everything. These young ladies were waiting for the rest of their group to get ready … Continue reading →

….see ya in a week or three. Canoelover