RBP roll call
riverman
how many people check in here these days.
I'll go first....I'm here. :-)
--riverman
watersprite
> I'll go first....I'm here. :-)
Well done! Now I'll try....I'm here too!
Tomorrow at this time, I won't be here. I'll be paddling under the
full moon. :)
--
Melissa
Wilko
Yep, me too. :-)
--
Wilko van den Bergh wilko<a t)dse(d o t>nl
Eindhoven The Netherlands Europe
---Look at the possibilities, don't worry about the limitations.---
http://kayaker.nl/
John Kuthe
> riverman wrote:
> > OK, so who's here? New, old, lurkers....expose yourselves. Lets see
> > how many people check in here these days.
>
> > I'll go first....I'm here. :-)
>
> Yep, me too. :-)
Me three!
RBP is so nice lately! It's now a sponson-free zone! Yay! :-)
John Kuthe...
Galen Hekhuis
I really hate follow-ups which say primarily "me too."
Me too.
Rich
Rich
jaybird
I never left,
jaybird
Frank Galikanokus
Lurk Daily
JAM
Steve Cramer
> OK, so who's here?
I'm still around.
Steve
chuck
I've been lurking here for awhile now. I noticed other SW Michigan
paddlers around here too.
Bill Bradshaw
--
<Bill>
Brought to you from Anchorage, Alaska.
Grip
I check in now and then.....
Cricket
"chuck" <ch...@invalid.net> wrote in message
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Yo.
I also am in SW Michigan.
Cricket
VK1NF
Checking in fro9m Newfoundland - have been around RBP for years, on
and off, until the sponson wars got too tiresome. Kept RBP on the
newsgroup list, checking it occasionally - nice to see the group get
back to a semblance of its former self.
chuck
I noticed that. I'm usually on the Black River, or on Lake Michigan. I
injured my back, so I'm not getting in my normal miles on the kayak yet,
but I've been catching quite a few fish kayaking until I heal.
Last Thursday, I did 10 miles on the lake, but probably set back the
healing process a bit. It doesn't bother me to paddle in no wind
conditions, but I had to lean and paddle the 5 miles returning because
of the wind, and that put a world of hurt on my back. I guess that's
enough of an excuse to kick out the cash for the rudder that I've been
wanting to buy. I can't find a deal anywhere on the rudder for my kayak.
The prices range from $219.95 to $220.00 everywhere I look.
This weekend I'll probably paddle upstream with my bowsaw and trimmers
to do my part and clear paths in a few spots.
Cricket
> I noticed that. I'm usually on the Black River, or on Lake Michigan. I
> injured my back, so I'm not getting in my normal miles on the kayak yet,
> but I've been catching quite a few fish kayaking until I heal.
>
> Last Thursday, I did 10 miles on the lake, but probably set back the
> healing process a bit. It doesn't bother me to paddle in no wind
> conditions, but I had to lean and paddle the 5 miles returning because
> of the wind, and that put a world of hurt on my back. I guess that's
> enough of an excuse to kick out the cash for the rudder that I've been
> wanting to buy. I can't find a deal anywhere on the rudder for my kayak.
> The prices range from $219.95 to $220.00 everywhere I look.
>
> This weekend I'll probably paddle upstream with my bowsaw and trimmers
> to do my part and clear paths in a few spots.
>
Trimming on the Black? A friend and I were threatening to try to get lose
from our jobs and go on Monday down some stretch of the Paw Paw, but we may
not get that organized... ;>)
The Rabbit in Hamilton is my main stompin' grounds.
Cricket
chuck
BSHHWT (http://www.vbco.org/watertrail.asp) tries to keep the Black
clear in the spring and summer. I usually do my part in the late fall
through early spring when I'm about the only one out there.
If you plan on heading out Monday, drop a line here and let me know. A
friend just mentioned doing the Paw Paw this weekend. He'd probably be
game to do it too.
>
> The Rabbit in Hamilton is my main stompin' grounds.
I'm about 5 blocks from Lake Michigan, so (this time of year) I just
launch from the south beach in South Haven when I take the sea kayak
out. On the Black I'm usually in my 12' rec kayak, and launch at the
public launch off Dunkley St.
I may grab the yak and a pole today and see if the Steelhead and Browns
are in yet. A few weeks ago I was getting salmon and pike, but I haven't
fished out of the yak in about a week.
>
> Cricket
>
>
>
Sylvain Fauvel
I have been lurking since the early 90's and commit an occasional
post. I paddle much less since 2005 because of knee problems
but keep checking RBP. Almost quitted during the spam
intensive periods.
Somehow web based forums dont attract me much. I check CBoats.net
every now and then.
I am from Montreal/Quebec. Paddle mostly in southern Quebec.
Sylvain Fauvel fauvel <at> emt <dot> inrs <dot> ca
Charlie Choc
I look in on occasion.
--
Charlie...
http://www.chocphoto.com
RailTramp
Old habits are hard to change - Still on my reading list.
I would like to see it re-emerge.
Blakely
--
Blakely LaCroix
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
"The best adventure is yet to come"
Cricket
"RailTramp" <Rail...@aol.com> wrote in message
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I check in every day (if I'm home, my computer is on, and I've always got
half a dozen things open).
Don't post a lot 'cause my trips are pretty boring to hear about. Fun to
do, but not much excitement.
For some reason that reminded me of the line "Adventures aren't much fun
while you're have'in 'em.", from somewhere.
Cricket
qrk
<myro...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Lurker. Missed my annual outtings in Quetico for the past two years
due to work issues.
--
Mark
Dymphna
I blog LOL - and luke
--
Dymphna
Message origin: www.TRAVEL.com
Walt
Dave? Dave?
Um.....Dave's not here.
Benson Gray
canoes more recently at http://www.wcha.org and such.
Benson
"riverman" <myro...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Tom McCloud
wrote: >I lurk.
Another continuous lurker here, through the unpleasant, moribund days
of the s*****n wars.
Since I see several mentions of paddling in Michigan, my contribution
is that I twice carried my canoe down a trail, down a long wooden
stairway, from a primitive campground in the Porcupines, far western
end of the upper peninsula, and paddled around on Superior in
beautiful, calm, warm late fall weather a month ago. Scenery was
terrific, beautiful, water a blue - crystal clear. I was working
back and forth across the mouth of streams trying to catch supper, but
fishing was lousy. Oh, well. Can't have everything.
Tom McCloud
John Kuthe
--riverman; began the poll
Watersprite
Wilko
John Kuthe
Galen Hekhuis
Rich
jaybird
Frank Galikanokus
Steve Cramer
chuck
Bill Bradshaw
Grip
Cricket
VK1NF
Sylvain Fauvel
Charlie Chok
Railtramp
qrk
Dymphna
Walt
Benson Gray
Tom McCloud
ab257
See! RBP is not dead, it was just hiding from Sponson Boy! :-)
John Kuthe...
jaybird
the last few days just reading about people talking about paddling.
It seems like there are many common points of interest. I look
forward to sharing our favorite boats, rivers, and stories again.
"The movement of a canoe is like a reed in the wind. Silence is part
of it, and the sounds of lapping water, bird songs, and wind in the
trees. It is part of the medium through which it floats, the sky, the
water, the shores…. There is magic in the feel of a paddle and the
movement of a canoe, a magic compounded of distance, adventure,
solitude, and peace. The way of a canoe is the way of the wilderness,
and of a freedom almost forgotten. It is an antidote to insecurity,
the open door to waterways of ages past and a way of life with
profound and abiding satisfactions. When a man is part of his canoe,
he is part of all that canoes have ever known."
- Sigurd F. Olson, The Singing Wilderness, 1956
jaybird (aka Jay Hanks)
Kevin Mc
biking are keeping me busy and my boat dry! Glad to see some old
familiar names on the list (from way back in 2000)!
Any interest in re-vamping the "official RBP webpage" at:
http://www.angelfire.com/bc/rbp/ (at the very least, clearing out
all the old names to include only current, relevant poster)?
Let me know, and hope all is doing well in their respective parts of
the world!
Kevin
Wilko
Well, to be honest, kevin, I like the page just as it is.
It shows the members of a great community at just after its heyday. Even
though many, if not most, have left since, it does show what it was like
back then. Despite the fact that there are a few of us here now, RBP is
still not much more than a shadow of what is was like then. :-(
It's fun to see familiar names and remember the good times back then,
but I wouldn't go so far as to remove such a nice history and replace it
with a time capsule of a small community now.
--
Wilko van den Bergh wilko<a t)dse(d o t>nl
Eindhoven The Netherlands Europe
---Look at the possibilities, don't worry about the limitations.---
http://kayaker.nl/
Wm Watt
> OK, so who's here? New, old, lurkers....expose yourselves. Lets see
> how many people check in here these days.
>
> I'll go first....I'm here. :-)
>
> --riverman
Ottawa.
Used to debate design issues here.
Very infrequent viewer last few years.
Tried some ideas on converting a FG
canoe for sailing last summer.
edonr...@aol.com
> OK, so who's here? New, old, lurkers....expose yourselves. Lets see
> how many people check in here these days.
>
> I'll go first....I'm here. :-)
>
> --riverman
I'm here, Roger from Norfolk Va, rower and paddler
Paul Tomblin
>OK, so who's here? New, old, lurkers....expose yourselves. Lets see
>how many people check in here these days.
>
>I'll go first....I'm here. :-)
Are there any other flat water and open water racers here? I got myself a
Thunderbolt and I've been having some fun at races in New York (and once
in Ottawa).
--
Paul Tomblin <ptom...@xcski.com> http://blog.xcski.com/
I never really understood how there could be things that would drive you
insane just because you knew them until I ran into Windows.
-- Peter da Silva
chuck
> Lurk, Lurk, Lurk... only occasionally though as two kids and road-
> biking are keeping me busy and my boat dry! Glad to see some old
> familiar names on the list (from way back in 2000)!
I went the opposite direction. After 5 years of 7000+ mile seasons on my
bikes, now I run and kayak. There's just not enough time for kayaking
*and* biking.
Dan
I have been reading it from time to time, saw the s**son idiot was
still around, some things never change. Sad to say, my newsreader
these days isn't even set up to post, I just use it to- well, to
sample- er- um- download music, only stuff in the public domain of
course.
Nice to see there is still some discussion.
My old whitewater boat barely got wet this year, but I had plenty of
time on flatwater. Things do change. But as the kids say- It's all
good.
Hey, did Grateful Ed ever turn into a (paid) writer?
Did Wilco ever get elected president of Europe? He could do the job.
Does Julie Keller still take great photos? I'd even splash down Baby
Falls if I knew I could get a Julie Keller photo out of it.
Byron Funnell posted here some, I still get email from him. Jordan
Ross is still paddling, in fact, he mentioned he did 4 Gauley
Marathons this year! He might be the only guy I know who has not
aged.
-Dan
On Nov 3, 1:19 am, riverman <myronb...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> OK, so who's here? New, old, lurkers....expose yourselves. Lets see
> how many people check in here these days.
>
> I'll go first....I'm here. :-)
>
> --riverman
Chicago Paddling-Fishing
>OK, so who's here? New, old, lurkers....expose yourselves. Lets see
>how many people check in here these days.
>I'll go first....I'm here. :-)
I'm here too... although not on a daily basis...
--
John Nelson
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>On 2009-11-03, riverman <myro...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> OK, so who's here? New, old, lurkers....expose yourselves. Lets see
>> how many people check in here these days.
>>
>> I'll go first....I'm here. :-)
>>
>I've been lurking here for awhile now. I noticed other SW Michigan
>paddlers around here too.
Where abouts in the land of summer sunsets? One of my most interesting
experiences with my whitewater inflatable (foam floor) was out on a beach
just north of Muskegon... I got about 100 yards out on Lake Michigan when
I started getting really wet and the boat was folding up at the foam floor
seam... by the time I got back to shore it was stiff again... gotta avoid
that thermal incline point with the inflatable!!!
Davej
> OK, so who's here? New, old, lurkers....expose yourselves. Lets see
> how many people check in here these days.
>
> I'll go first....I'm here. :-)
>
> --riverman
I'm occasionally here. From STL. Paddled Kuthe's old boat last
Saturday. Met Oci-One Kanubi on the Tellico last Spring.
John Kuthe
My old Outburst? Man I loved that boat too. Just too darned long after
I got my 007.
John Kuthe...
socemdog
Hey everybody!
Socemdog (Robin Sayler)
Phan...@nospam.invalid
Been lurkin here for years on a once in awhile basis.
Seems like I've posted here before too but not in a long time.
Rick
On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 22:19:38 -0800 (PST), riverman