[NatureNS] New Paddle

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Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 05:23:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com>
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Hi All
Last evening I wanted to try out a new oak paddle from
Milton Fancy. So BB and I went to the river.
Unusual evening on the river - the wind was blowing up
river and the current bringing the water down of
course. The wind and the current balanced each other
so that the water was dead calm. not a ripple but the
wind was strong enough to blow the canoe up river.
I've canoed a lot of times but that was a first.
There is a lot of small black bugs on the water - they
look like flies but just walk around on the surface
tension or should I say swim. Anyway the swallows were
feeding on them - swooping down and hitting the water
as they picked them up. Swallows were plentiful dozens
in the air at once - forked tailed and square tailed.
No doubt soon be migrating.
The water in the river has gone down considerably in
the last week but is still much higher than is usual
for August. Pickeral weed is in heavy bloom - I also
saw a white flower on the bank - I thought first it
was a black berry but some other kind of vine. It's
leaf was a maple leaf type. Small white flower but
very intense. 
The paddle worked fine - a bit heavy in the shaft -
but a 9 out of 10.
Have a nice summer
Paul


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