By Vladimir Brezina
This week’s Photo Challenge is Lunchtime. I’ve already shown what our lunchtime very often looks like. And continuing the same theme, here is today’s lunch!
It was snowing.
But lunch was just one of the many high points of this trip, which Johna is writing up. Watch this space!
... 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.
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 | 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! |
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| Johna Till Johnson on More Scenes From the Nort… |
| CurlsnSkirls on Halfway There! |
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| Johna Till Johnson on R2AK: Scenes From the Northern… |
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| Johna Till Johnson on Halfway There! |
| CurlsnSkirls on Halfway There! |
| Johna Till Johnson on And They’re Off! |
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Like the red amidst the gray and snow.
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I thought it would be a good combination…
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You guys are hard. I can’t eat on water like that (think: vomit). And the snow! (shudder)
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Oh, it really wasn’t that bad! The water was calm, and the one time we caught a few swells (the wake of a passing boat, actually) we mostly worried about spilling the tea!
My hands did get chilly, as they always do (I need to start wearing my gloves at lunchtime)….But nothing that didn’t go away after a few minutes of paddling!
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Well, I’m glad you all enjoyed your lunch. I guess I’m a bit of a wuss. And, yes, paddling always gets the blood going! :)
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sounds cold vlad!!! our son now lives in paris, it is cold there too, we had a very cold weather conversation this morning … aussies are not used to much winter :)
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:-) Well, we Northerners (what’s the opposite of antipodean?) aren’t much able to handle the blazing sun! Whenever I have to paddle in sunlight, I make sure to wear screening gear from Australia–you guys know how to handle it!
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true Johna, we have to …. skin cancer rates are pretty high here with all our pale skin in a hot country …
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Another tasty lunch on your launch.
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:-) Yes, though a pint (as in your avatar) would have hit the spot nicely!
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Seems more intimate than sitting face to face at a dining table :-D
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Yes, it is… and also more romantic, somehow. Not that we mind candlelight, waiters, and white table cloths, either!!
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Although come to think of it, we do always raft up side by side facing the same way. There’s really no reason why we couldn’t raft up facing each other…
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You’d have a harder time getting at the goodies in my day hatch. :-) (Why does that sound lascivious?)
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I don’t think I would, since we can smoothly slide by each other back and forth ;-)
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It sure looks cold! But healthy. :-)
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Cheese and beef sausages… and apples and tea!
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Sweet ;-)
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Love the colors. Nice light lunch. I hope that’s a hot drink in your hand for a cold day.
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
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Tea with lemon and a LOT of sugar… Vlad is partial to Earl Grey.
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I am amzed at what you can do in a kayak. Great photo ….
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Oh, when you’re rafted up (meaning side-by-side and holding on to each other’s kayaks) you can do quite a lot, including stand up in one! They become extremely stable when there’s more than one….
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Wow! I admire anyone who can eat with the rocking of the waves. I’d be a mess.
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Well, we found someplace that didn’t rock TOO much :-) Thanks for posting….
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I would love to try this out, having lunch on a water surface~
We have very few places to attempt this feat though T__To
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Mainly you need a boat ;-)
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I can’t think of many better ways to spend lunch time :-)
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Neither can we… Thanks, Jeff!
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oh my goodness! what a great post! you get the prize for braving those waters in those temperatures! i am polar opposite and do better in warm temperatures.
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There’s a reason why kayaks were invented in the Frozen North rather than in the Torrid South…
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ha! i admire both of you and am so grateful to have followed your journeys! you two have a great balance in life, veering from serious professionalism regarding your careers and unplugging for rich immersion in the outdoors.
hoo-RAH for you!
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There never seem to be enough hours in the day but we (try to) manage… Thanks so much for sticking with us, Z! :-)
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You two are a very hardy pair. My hands would be frozen without gloves.
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What makes you think we are any different? Ours were frozen too… :-)
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:D
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