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Sea Dogs and Time Birds
Dan Mayhew
Mar 25, 2024 #35333
Today I paddled with the Sea Dogs. Sea Dogs appear to be a species of Barnacles. If you look into their craggy faces, sea shanties start playing in your head and your mind conjures up a daguerreotype of Shackleton at the helm of the Endurance. Their motto is follow the wind.
I’ve also paddled with another species of Barnacles, the Time Birds. If you look at their happy faces you can hear Doris Day singing Que Sera Sera, and the first image that pops into one’s head is a Norman Rockwell painting of an older man with a hospital gown that hasn’t been fully closed in the back. Their motto is stick to the schedule.
Both species are intriguing, but I must admit that flying along with the Sea Dogs on perfect bumps this morning was exhilarating. I am going to make every effort to shadow the Sea Dogs.
I also observed many fascinating adaptations when climbing the taxonomy ladder to the family of Bellingham Paddlers. I saw a female with plumage perfectly mimicking Katherine Hepburn in a headscarf with sunglasses. A second female was so covered in orange that it must warn large sea predators that she was poisonous. I observed a male paddling in a laid-back style identical to a gang member driving a low-rider car. I witnessed a different male that races with a bird on his head. And, the most striking mutation of all - not surprising that it was yet another male - raced with a regular blade on one side and a twisted blade on the other side of his surfski. Only time will tell if these adaptations improve paddling for generations to come, or if they go the way of the Dodo.
John Rybczyk
Mar 25 #35334
Dan, I thought we had a little talk about micro-dosing mushrooms before a paddle.
Duncan Howat
Mar 25 #35335
Dan , as a strict follower of the “follow the wind ” group, ( I have to , to get the necessary rest) those were dandy rides out there today. Not so sure why the time people stay so tightly on a schedule, as they are all retired, and what is really more pressing than getting the best waves? Unless it's getting a heart electrocardiogram, or a colonoscopy. Tomorrow should be some what similar as today, not as good of a tide, a little less wind. Looking for the wind, Vasectomy da Gama
Dan Mayhew
Mar 25 #35337
Anyone going by the name Vasectomy da Gama is so clearly a natural born leader, that I will follow him to the edge of this flat earth. However, I will join the Time Birds tomorrow as I get to paddle the magical Arc. I am hoping for those bumps to rise up again in the morning precisely at 10:00 am. Foolish, I know.
Dean Bumstead
Mar 25 #35338
Dan, is Bev out of town? Just checking…..
