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Fall Storm Season Begins for Surf Kayaking Lake Michigan

by kwikleSurf Kayaking October 2, 2008October 2, 20081 comment

Fall Storm Season Begins for Surf Kayaking Lake Michigan I really love that first autumnal drop in temperature, when the clouds roll in, and the sky turns what Patrick O’Brian called gunmetal gray. The wind begins to gust and howl like a frightened dog at a stranger. Trees are bending over and people keep saying, …

The witching hour

by kwikleRunning, Writing November 5, 2005March 19, 2008Comments are Disabled

The blue-white beam of my LED headlamp jostles over the packed dirt road as if it were the cratered surface of the moon. The narrow field of vision is disorienting, like watching someone run through a camcorder. The wind is up, 20-25 knots which makes my soul ache a bit as I picture Lake Michigan …