By Vladimir Brezina
This week’s Photo Challenge is Resolved.
Cape Cod Bay, July 2011. We are Resolved!
Resolved to reach the water, no matter how long it may take
and to set out over the turquoise sea
to “fresh woods, and pastures new.”
And that makes a fine resolution for this New Year as well!
(The story of that day on Cape Cod Bay is here; more photos are here.)
... kayaked the waters around New York for more than 15 years in his red Feathercraft folding kayak. He was originally from (the former) Czechoslovakia and lived in the U.K. and California before settling down in New York. He was a neuroscientist at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. He died in 2016.
... is a kayaker and technology researcher at Nemertes Research. She's an erstwhile engineer, particle physicist, and science fiction writer. She was born in California and has lived in Italy, Norway, Hawaii, and a few other places. She currently resides in New York City.
 | CurlsnSkirls on The First Leg! |
 | Johna Till Johnson on The First Leg! |
| Johna Till Johnson on The First Leg! |
 | Marilyn Albright on The First Leg! |
| CurlsnSkirls on The First Leg! |
| Johna Till Johnson on Looks Like They Made It! |
 | Pit on Looks Like They Made It! |
| Johna Till Johnson on More Scenes From the Nort… |
| CurlsnSkirls on Halfway There! |
 | Larry Jensen on More Scenes From the Nort… |
| Johna Till Johnson on R2AK: Scenes From the Northern… |
 | Frank Winters on R2AK: Scenes From the Northern… |
| Johna Till Johnson on Halfway There! |
| CurlsnSkirls on Halfway There! |
| Johna Till Johnson on And They’re Off! |
Wind Against Current 
Oh, my goodness. I’ve had put-ins like that, although with dark, slimey mud and surprisingly hard, mangrove shoots! Always got to watch out for those changing tides…
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Yes, this portage was comparatively pleasant. And we had no choice—it had to be at this time, at this place. Fortunately the boats were empty, unlike on some other trips when we couldn’t even drag the loaded boats a few yards, never mind carry them half a mile…
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I love your interpretation of resolved!
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Thanks! :-)
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WONDERFUL RESOLUTION!
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
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Thanks, Francine!
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Awesome shots! Great interpretation of resolved!
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Thank you, Amy!
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Thank you and nice to meet you
Great resolution…get fresher then :)
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Nice to meet you too—thanks for stopping by!! :-)
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You’re welcome…:)
It’s raining here by the way
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Great shots, especially the first. It looks like you’re in a desert setting.
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There certainly was a lot of sand. But a few hours later the desert was under water:
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Wonderful pics :-)
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Thank you! :-)
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hahaha, nice one Vlad. That top photo of Johna is priceless :)
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Actually, a photo that precedes the first one is even funnier. Johna became Resolved only after having tried magical thinking to bring the water to us, or alternatively to bring us and the boats to the water (she wasn’t fussy on that point):
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awesome!
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Thanks!
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That’ll teach you not to check the tide tables ;-)
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We were indeed a bit surprised ;-)
But it wasn’t that we failed to check the tide tables, exactly—although we did—but that we failed to inspect the chart carefully to see how far the shallows extended along that coast that would be dry if it did turn out to be low water…
But we had no choice in any case. That was the only place we could launch and it had to be in the morning if we were to make anything of the day…
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Better in the morning when you were still fresh than to come back at the end of a long day of paddling, to find you had that vast expanse of sand to drag the boats across.
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Yes, indeed! And with loaded boats it would have been a nightmare…
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Been there! You haven’t lived until you’ve had to drag a john boat full of decoys and other hunting gear across the mud because you didn’t pay attention to the tide. THAT is a mistake you only make once :-D
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I think I’ll pass on that one, thank you very much! :-)
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Smart man!
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magical thinking…you guys are soooooo funny
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Well, if we had been able to make it work, it would have been a lot easier than carrying heavy boats all that way ;-)
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Hi,
Thank you for visiting my blog.
Yes; dare to dream and have the courage to go to them. No matter how long it takes.
Cheers!
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Words to live by! Happy New Year!
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Vlad – I think you should be careful about mouthing off to Johna. She looks like she’s very adept at wielding that paddle! Hopefully you can still outrun her. (I did like the photos of her – I’m glad she let you post them)
Happy New Year to both of you! I look forward to hearing more of your adventures.
Nancy
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She is very adept with the paddle, but I believe I can hold my own ;-)
Thanks for the New Year’s wishes, Nancy—the same to you!!
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He can out-paddle me for sure, but on dry land I have the advantage, I think. Despite his long, elegant legs, I think I’m the more accomplished sprinter. :-)
That said, thanks for liking the photos! I had to chuckle–I had no idea I was so busy looking “determined” that day!
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They were a great set of photos and he told a great story to go with them. If I hadn’t read your other post on learning to be athletic with the kayak, I would have thought you had natural skill that someone like me is lacking. I was really encouraged at your “learning” how to do it and learning the rhythm of a new skill and how easy it looks as you do it now.
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Thanks! I’m actually not that good. My only “native” ability is endurance, which I think is a frame of mind more than an “ability”. But with diligent effort I’m growing that kinesthetic sense!
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