It was indeed a nasty snow day today. Linda decided that it would be a cold day in hell before she drove in this weather (almost 2 feet of snow expected by tomorrow morning...had over a foot and some already) and she decided that I needed to stay home as well. Well, who am I to argue as visions of working on the kayak immediately formed in my head. I spent a couple of hours sanding but kept looking outside then looking up at the VJ, hanging rather forlornly from the ceiling. By noon I had enough of attempting to styme the desire to get on the river. I talked to Linda and suggested that since she had a doctors appointment, I might as well go paddle. I swore I'd be only an hour on the water or so (yah, right!). I got in 3 hours of paddling and came home to a wonderfully delicious hot dinner which included meatloaf, spuds, beans and tabuli (that greek parsley salad). Interestingly, during the drive home the local CBC radio station was chatting about how great the snow would be for skiers. Right away I felt as if they needed to understand that kayaking season was not over and kayakers (well, some kayakers) love snow, too! I phoned them to chat briefly. They not only mentioned my call on the radio but now want to interview me tomorrow so that they can run a story about winter paddling and what it is like to be on the river during a winter storm. The station is CBC Radio One (AM) and the show is Radio Active (afternoon show). Listen in if you think cold weather paddling sucks...maybe you'll come to understand how wrong you are.

Robert N Pruden