Beauty Above

Why I kayak and free dive.

Not all the payoff is below the waterline.

Excursion: Road, Water, Road

The Walk-Launch

The walk-launch; or, glad I'm wearing a wetsuit.

The shorebreak was small but hefty enough to stop my kayak in its tracks, perhaps send it back up the beach or capsize it, so I walked it past the breakers before mounting.

I'm holding the paddle incorrectly, by the way. I have the paddle reversed and am using the back of the paddle to propel the craft. I took one or two strokes to get some momentum, and then switched the paddle to the proper side and direction.

Proper paddling here.

Boats and Gear

Watch-Words: Kayaking

Protected areas in a certain swell; the bay's mouth in a certain swell: as long as we approach matters carefully and are ready with back-up plans or for less than ideal, we are ready to look and learn.

Dream: Face Cut

In last night's dream, I lost a very large 3" x 4" rectangular chunk of skin and flesh to my own kayak paddle and a rogue wave/sudden storm scenario. The visual was quite gruesome with red muscle and yellowish fat exposed to the air and to sight. It didn't really bleed and it didn't hurt that much, and those two aspects helped me inside the dream to realize that I was dreaming and so to wake up. 

My dream-thought as the POV widened so that I could see "myself"? Oh, that will be an ugly scar.

Oh, the chunk came out of the right side of my face, my cheek, so that's more than large, yes?