Why we paddle…
There is something you get out of paddling that you can’t get in any other sport. It’s finding the happy balance with an always changing force of nature, and it makes you feel very small yet powerful at the same time.” Shannon Caroll
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Messing around
“There’s nothing… absolutely nothing… half so much worth doing as simply messing around in boats.” -Kenneth Grahme, The Wind in the Willows Tweet
The Happiest of People…
“The happiest of people don’t necessarily have the best of everything; they make the best of everything that comes their way.”
“Any day on the river… is better than not being on at all.”
“The Cache la Poudre River, just west of Fort Collins, is one of the most beautiful and exciting rivers I have rafted. The ever-changing water makes every day new and fun. Throughout the season, the water level can vary as much as 4 feet and that makes for very different experiences on the river, all…
Courage…
“Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you, you are wrong. There are always difficulties rising, which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end, requires some of the same courage…
“the joy of life comes from our encountrers with new experiences…”
“Make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have thought of doing, or been too hesitant to attempt. So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security,…
“…the river bends.”
“If my ship sails from sight, it does not mean my journey ends, it simply means the river bends.” John Enoch Powell