It's a good year for spiderworts.
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Paddling Fox headwaters offers a twist
By David Horst sandhill7@gmail.com
PORTAGE -- We stood there with clothes drenched and the rain beating down.
The landing on Swan Lake where we had taken a break for lunch offered no shelter, other than the mature trees. Still, I was defending the turtle.
I’ve told this story before. Early in the first season of the Fox-Wisconsin Heritage Paddle in 2010, an Ottawa medicine woman spoke to us about native healing traditions. The weather was threatening that day as well, but she reassured us that she had turned over a figurine of a turtle and that would cause the bad weather to pass on either side of us. It did, and we have been turning over turtles ever since.
Our perfect record of no rainouts was on the line.
Though we got doused pretty good last Saturday, the paddle from Indian Trails Campground near Pardeeville, on the headwaters of the Fox, did continue on to its completion after the storm moved off. Turtle exonerated.
PORTAGE -- We stood there with clothes drenched and the rain beating down.
The landing on Swan Lake where we had taken a break for lunch offered no shelter, other than the mature trees. Still, I was defending the turtle.
I’ve told this story before. Early in the first season of the Fox-Wisconsin Heritage Paddle in 2010, an Ottawa medicine woman spoke to us about native healing traditions. The weather was threatening that day as well, but she reassured us that she had turned over a figurine of a turtle and that would cause the bad weather to pass on either side of us. It did, and we have been turning over turtles ever since.Our perfect record of no rainouts was on the line.
Though we got doused pretty good last Saturday, the paddle from Indian Trails Campground near Pardeeville, on the headwaters of the Fox, did continue on to its completion after the storm moved off. Turtle exonerated.
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Wind and river give paddlers a push
SPRING GREEN -- Take majestic bluffs and a wide, tree-lined river. Add to that 80-degree temperatures, a 4 mph current and a strong tailwind and you’ve got the makings of a good day of paddling.
Better yet if you are with 20 friendly and interesting people.
That describes the second day of Fox-Wisconsin Heritage Paddle 2013. The first day wasn’t bad either.
May 18 we paddled the 11 miles from Arena to Spring Green on the Wisconsin River. The next day covered the 12.5 miles from Spring Green to Gotham.
The Arena landing is tucked down River Road off State 14 about 30 miles and a couple decades west of Madison. Fifteen kayaks and four canoes
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Cranes, wolves and paddling
By David Horst sandhill7@gmail.com
Here's a look at this and that while we wait to see if spring plans to stay for a few days.
April 13
I stood out in the driving snow pre-sunrise to take part in the annual International Crane Foundation Crane Count. Punctuating the prehistoric cackle of the sandhills was the occasional disquieting crack of ice falling from tree limbs after the ice storm that entombed tree branches like I have never seen before.
My count for the day was 27 sandhills -- seven on the ground and 20 flying over.
More noteable was
Here's a look at this and that while we wait to see if spring plans to stay for a few days.
April 13
I stood out in the driving snow pre-sunrise to take part in the annual International Crane Foundation Crane Count. Punctuating the prehistoric cackle of the sandhills was the occasional disquieting crack of ice falling from tree limbs after the ice storm that entombed tree branches like I have never seen before.
My count for the day was 27 sandhills -- seven on the ground and 20 flying over.
More noteable was
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