The wind has
been fierce today, and is expected to continue for most of the rest of the coming
week. It was gusting to 50 mph this
morning (Force 9-10 on the Beaufort Scale), and held at 30-35 most of the day
(Force 8 or gale), not dropping to 25 mph until sunset. When I went out for my walk, it wasn’t too
bad while passing treed areas and around buildings, but while walking upwind by
open pastures, the roar in my ears was so loud I couldn’t hear traffic coming
up behind me.
Besides
getting the flowerbed irrigation system repaired, reconnected, and set up for
the summer, I spent some time out of the wind watching Mississippi River In
Transit. I don’t know how I haven’t
spotted this before, but if you’ve missed it as well, you may enjoy it. It is a video-log of four young men paddling
the Mississippi River from Lake Itasca to the Gulf of Mexico. If you’ve fantasized about such a trip, and
wondered what it would take to accomplish it, the videos do a very good job of
showing the preparations, as well as the obstacles and adventures experienced
along the way. As for experience, the
total canoeing experience accrued by the four prior to setting off was---ZERO,
but they endured a pretty steep learning curve.
There are 25 videos in the collection done by Peter Bragiel and his
videographer. You should find them both
entertaining and enlightening, and they are all accessible at:
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