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Weekend Pictures

Sunday, June 15th, 2008

Butterfly on my leg

Kayaking

Northumberland

Wheat

Wheat Field

Grandpa's Barn

Grandpa

Amish Buggy

River Trip

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

I’ve been a little busy with some work-related stuff, but I finally got time to post pictures from my river trip.

Campfire

We camped out at Black Moshannon State Park Friday night, so we’d all be packed up and ready to go first thing Saturday morning.

The weatherman was predicting rain for the whole weekend. Fortunately, he is totally incompetent.

Nice Weather for a canoe trip

Beautiful day

This stretch of the river has no towns or development of any kind. There aren’t even any roads along it, only an old (abandoned?) railroad track. So, even though our choice of legal campsites was quite limited, the selection of good campsites was practically infinite.

Once we made camp, a series of thunderstorms forced me to cook dinner under my tarp, but the storms moved through quickly.

Making dinner under my tarp

After the storms had passed, we hung out around the campfire.

Evil sister, klinutor, and me

While I abstained from intoxicating liquors, some of the crew imbibed deeply.

Klinutus is a drunken fool

Sunday morning, those of us without hangovers went down to the riverbank, made coffee, and took panoramic photographs of the foggy river.

The view from our campsite

The view from our campsite — Click for big

After the fog burned off, we had another nice, sunny day on the water
Boats

I made a google map of the trip, in case anyone wants to try to reproduce our results.


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Going Swashbuckling

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Me and my kayak are heading out into the wilds for a few days to explore the waters of north central Pennsylvania, to slay sea monsters, and to win the affections of big-tittie mermaids.

Big Tittie Mermaid

I’ll be back next week sometime.

Kayaking: Pine Creek Gorge

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

My co-conspirators and I skipped work on Monday to kayak the Pine Creek gorge.

Pine Creek Sign

It was perhaps a bit early in the season. There was still snow on the ground in a few places, and the water was damn cold.

Snow along the creek

About 15 minutes into the trip, we saw the first Bald Eagle of the day.

Bald Eagle

Recent rain and snowmelt made some nice waterfalls along the way.

Klinutor Under the Waterfall

Waterfalls

The scenery in the canyon is always awesome.

Me and a waterfall

It was a very nice trip. We covered about 22 miles of the creek with only minor incidents of unintentional swimming.

There are more pictures in the Gallery, but pictures don’t do the place proper justice.

If you’ve never been to Pine Creek, you really should go. If you don’t have a boat or a wetsuit or whatever, the people at Pine Creek Outfitters can hook you up. They are nice people, and they have a very friendly dog.

Politics By Canoe

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

There’s a guy running for State Senate who is making the rivers one of his big issues.

“From coal mine pollution, to out-of-date dams, there are all kinds of past damages that have been done to our waterways that we have the means to correct now,” Mr. Casimir said. “Anything I can do toward building fish ladders, toward cleaning up waterways, (and) just to making people aware of their connections via our waterways.”

I like it. I’m tired of hearing about gay marriage, abortion, and Mexicans all the time from politicians. I’m not gay, pregnant, or Mexican, so I just don’t give a damn. I do like to go kayaking in the river. Sometimes I fall out of my boat, and I would like that water to be clean.

In the spring and summer, Mr. Casimir intends to tour the watersheds of the district by canoe with his wife and three children to emphasize the natural connections that bind people together.

Kick ass! Campaigning by canoe!

I’m an independent, so I’m not allowed to vote in the Primaries in Pennsylvania. I don’t even live this this guy’s district, but I think he kicks ass anyways.