Showing posts with label outdoors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label outdoors. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Kayak Trash - Ball


Kayak season has begun! That means I'll be starting to pull trash out of the river every Wednesday morning for my weekly Venture Outdoors paddle. I plan to post pictures of my finds. Mostly it will be plastic bottles, but this week I found a soccer ball!

Friday, September 03, 2010

Trip Leader Social Bike Ride


In the background is a retired (Korean War?) battle ship that somehow dropped by Pittsburgh for a visit...

Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Friday, July 02, 2010

Kayaks and Room Rearranging...

Just a couple images to catch up from the past two days:

Wednesday:
Wake Up Paddle going down the Ohio.


Thursday:
Rearranged my room...now I actually have some floor space!

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Photo Haiku


Standing side by side
We will forge brand new terrain
On this trodden ground

Friday, July 18, 2008

Beauty Everywhere

Sometimes beauty is just so in your face, you have nothing to do but sit and gawk at it.

...unless you have a camera, then you take a picture!

This photo was taken on a Wednesday Wake-Up Paddle with Venture Outdoors.


I swear that these breathtaking images are set before us to remind us that it is GOOD we are here on this earth. Despite how tired I might have felt at 6:30 in the morning, despite my muscles being a little sore and feeling my weakness, despite how crappy I might have felt the day before, despite being splashed with a little bit of dirty (albeit, much-improved) Allegheny River water...there was a beautiful sky...as if an Artist painted it just for those of us who were on the water that morning.

We just need to slow down enough to enjoy it.

Larger image: http://gimppac.deviantart.com/art/Sun-clouds-water-kayak-90504466
More photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/pachicka/WednesdayPaddles

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

A South Side Spring

Spring has finally arrived on the South Side!

I took the opportunity yesterday to check out the section of the South Side Trail extending from the Hot Metal Bridge to where it ends near a concrete factory. 2 1/2 miles out and 2 1/2 back. I stopped to sit on a rock to read and take in the scenery, with no rush to leave. That is, until the cold breeze became more than I could stand sitting still.

Aside from the occasional train that roared past, it was pretty peaceful. I'll have to do more of this impromptu riding as the days grow nicer.

Which makes me wonder: Do days grow? Would a day in the middle of summer be 6' 5" whereas a winter day would be 4' 8"? Does a day have a personality to which niceness can be attributed? Does niceness grow much like leaves grow on trees?

Hmm, I'll have to think about that for a while...