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The Mighty Chip

By norconkm | 05/06/2006 - 10:56 pm |03/30/2008 kayaking, life
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WW Kayaking was fun… cold, but fun. I swam once, which if you saw the rapids we went through might make you laugh. I rolled many a time and got some water up my nose several times making it all stuffy right now. This was my first WW experience. It… Continue reading →

Can Hardly Wait

By norconkm | 05/04/2006 - 10:02 pm |03/30/2008 kayaking
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Whitewater kayaking on the Chippewa on Saturday. Sea kayaking symposium at the end of may. To quote Rocco – “You better get excited motherfucker!!!”

Testing the Waters

By norconkm | 04/27/2006 - 10:01 pm |03/30/2008 kayaking
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Today marked the inaugural run of the sea kayaking season. Josh, Doug and I went for a paddle around Lake Lansing. I realized I gained about 2 inches in diameter since last year, or my life jacket shrunk… No rolls were done – disappointing. I had full wet gear on,… Continue reading →

Budgeting

By norconkm | 04/01/2006 - 11:42 am |03/30/2008 kayaking
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In a small bit of relief, I received my whitewater paddle – which had already been charged to my card and paid for. So that’s one less thing that I have to include in my budget. On the down side, I did not include my cell phone payment. The paddle… Continue reading →

Check this out

By norconkm | 09/23/2005 - 10:40 pm |08/19/2013 kayaking, pictures
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I’m missing the Pimps ‘n Hos party right now to be posting this, so you’d better like it. Actually, I didn’t plan on being here for the party anyway, so I didn’t plan on attending. I’m not sure I’d have gone anyway, but this wouldn’t be to blame on anyone… Continue reading →

Abandon

By norconkm | 09/16/2005 - 4:15 pm |04/05/2008 kayaking, rants, travel
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The latest new with me is that I got left on an island. It was fun. Here’s how this came to be: Last weekend, Josh Doug and I set out on a little kayaking journey. The plan was to kayak across the Straits of Mackinac, then on to Bois Blanc… Continue reading →

Kayaking

By norconkm | 08/19/2005 - 1:13 am |04/05/2008 kayaking, life
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For anyone I haven’t talked to over the summer, I have been kayaking a lot. Let me tell you, I am absolutely amazing at it. I have been declared an anomaly by Doug because I was able to figure out how to roll on my own after a 15-20 minutes… Continue reading →

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