A New TV Show?

 

In the USA there is what appears to be a successful TV show called Desperate Housewives. I've never watched it, but I hear it is a successful program. Well, I propose that we here in Milwaukee produce our own program: Desperate Paddlers.

 

It's not that it gets so cold here (we can dress for that) but that the shore freezes over with ice shelves that prevent us from launching safely. After a while, the days on shore pile up and we become...well, desperate to get out onto the water. So, yesterday morning Sherri and Bob patrolled our usual launch area in a futile search for open water. Finding none, we decided to drive north and have a look at  Bradford beach before resigning our selves to meeting at a local coffee shop.

 There, Sherri and Rick probed the ice shelf and were rewarded with a small area that allowed us to slide into a few feet of cold water.

As is our practice, we helped one another over the treacherous and slippery ice until all 6 kayaks and their desperate-to-paddle occupants were afloat.

We pushed off into the thankfully calm waters with only the pleasant sound of ice crunching under our hulls to keep us company.

What started out looking like a no-go day was to turn out to be one of the finest winter paddles we ever had.

More tomorrow.

Paddle safe...
DS