Wavy, Yo!

Went out yesterday with some intermittent sun and full-on wind. All was moving along during the wind-aided first part of the journey and just as I approached the Rocky Springs dock, the wind shifted and I had to work a bit harder to make things happen. 

It’s not that I mind the wind and if you have read a number of these posts, you know that I love going out in any conditions. Well… I will skip the all-out thunderstorm, but that’s about it. Oh, and when the river is totally frozen it’s hard to paddle, but other than that, I’m good to go out. 

Some of the time when the conditions are like this, the river develops swells. It doesn’t happen all of the time and if I knew more about fluid dynamics or wind/water physics or whatever, I could actually explain why this happens.

A few days ago, I cut through some chop, but yesterday, there were actual waves. So cool. This only really happens around the quarry where the wind has a straight shot for five-hundred meters or so. 

Not dangerous or exciting in a “I could fall in” sort of way, but waves are just one of a thousand different possibilities that keep me going out. 

One never knows what’s going to happen out there. 

Will today be the day I see that “injured” duck try to lure me away from its nest? Maybe I’ll see a deer carcass, or a mink, or an osprey. Only one way to find out. 

Reach out and join me. 

Ok, well, maybe not one foot swells, but... They waves!