tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25407346.post-48926929031495066962008-07-09T06:53:00.005-05:002008-07-09T08:37:44.868-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Time To Take Off</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_HPgceAZgiNE/SHSm2QzWyPI/AAAAAAAAB94/tj3cF_TCfwI/s1600-h/car-at-river.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_HPgceAZgiNE/SHSm2QzWyPI/AAAAAAAAB94/tj3cF_TCfwI/s400/car-at-river.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220981319182764274" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Next to me in my over-cluttered room are a bunch of boxes and duffel bags filled with camping gear, paddling gear and stuff one needs for every day use. There are also the posters I've made for a lecture on weather and some food. JB and I leave early tomorrow for the Door County Sea Kayak Symposium, and I am looking forward to it.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_HPgceAZgiNE/SHSniOnAvLI/AAAAAAAAB-A/ERWdI-6eSIg/s1600-h/lessons2WEBB.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_HPgceAZgiNE/SHSniOnAvLI/AAAAAAAAB-A/ERWdI-6eSIg/s400/lessons2WEBB.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220982074508360882" border="0" /></a>As the schedule stands now, I will be teaching rolling and rescues, lead one trip and assist with another. I guess I am giving a noon weather lecture again, as well. Then we head up to the UP where we will camp and paddle for 4 days on the shore of Lake Superior before heading to Grand Marais (MI) for the following weekend. Somewhere in there will be a visit to a laundromat.<br /></div></div><br />Thing is that cell phones often don't work up there and the internet is often hard to find. I don't know when I will post again, but will make every effort to share pictures when I am able.<br /><br />Paddle safe...<br />DS<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25407346-4892692903149506696?l=silbs.blogspot.com'/></div>Silbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12561606347525787459noreply@blogger.com2