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] Date Posted:20:47:31 02/18/09 Wed In reply to:
Arthur Keith
's message, "Re: Spearfish Lake Sports" on 11:34:30 02/18/09 Wed
>I think that is most things I am like others here.
>
>I grew up in The Netherlands and it does get kind of
>cold there. In winter time we used to tie our skates
>under our shoes and get on the rivers and canals and
>go skating. Never had these fancy skates that were
>part of your boots like I see now, mine were just tied
>down. Then my brother and I camped year around, snow
>is a good insulator in winter. We climbed mountains
>in Switzerland, skied, both down hill and cross
>country. While in the military I learned to fly both
>fix wing and chopper and did a little sky diving. But
>today I feel old and live through the stories I read.
>All the excitement is now only in my mind, my body
>tells me that I am too old to do it again.
Well, I'm getting more the same way every year, myself. Still paddle, but not the hairball whitewater. I've done a little winter camping, but not anymore. And our climate is nowhere near what yours was in Europe back when, either. One of the things I like about Wes's stories is the activities in them, the level and the range. Wes doesn't have any skating in his stories (yet!) except the disparaged hockey players that I've noticed so far. I've not played much hockey but did a lot of skating when I was a kid as we lived right on a small lake that froze in the winter. We moved from there when I was about 10 years old so I didn't get much in after that. Some but not much. I just prefer the liquid stuff.
