By Vladimir Brezina
Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge this week is Dry.
As kayakers, we like Wet. We don’t like Dry at all!
“I don’t believe this!! There was water all the way up to these rocks yesterday!?”
Denial
Anger
Depression
Acceptance
(A day on Cape Cod Bay in 2011.)
... 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 
What a nice day though.
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Once we were on the water, it was one of the most beautiful days ever… :-)
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Oh Johna trying to paddle on the beach is hilarious, Vlad. :)
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Magical thinking sometimes works… ;-)
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Johna is quite the thespian. She perfectly displayed all the stages of grief – or lack of water – which is grief for a kayaker. :D
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I knew those pictures would come in handy sometime!
In the interests of veracity, I should mention that she did not go through the stages of grief in quite the right order. Maybe grief over lack of water is different from grief after a death. Further study is needed… ;-)
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Very funny take on the theme!
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Glad you enjoyed it! I certainly had fun making it… :-)
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LOL!
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:-)
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What is this wet you speak of?
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You’ll see when Wet is the theme… ;-)
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Great photo progression! I looked at the first photo and thought, wow, that looks just like the beach in Dennis. Then, I saw that it was a Cape Cod beach! No place better! We’ve built many a major sand castle on that dry :)
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East Brewster, actually, but same difference. A lovely beach, but a little less of it would have been fine too… ;-)
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haha, good one! :)
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Glad you liked it! :-)
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Wow!!! it’s a very nice picture… :)
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Thanks!! :-)
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Welcome :)
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ha ha!
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:-) :-)
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super funny – great for the dry theme – and love the stages of grief – lol…. bahaha :)
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“Dry” is most definitely a bad, bad word for kayakers… :-)
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nice! very clever!
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Thanks, Stephen! :-)
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Love Cape Cod. It’s so beautiful – great biking, great beaches. Just watch out for the darn ticks. I’m kind of scared of the Cape since my Lyme ordeal.
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Fortunately we are mostly on the water, and they are not… But yes, we are very well aware of them. Thanks!!
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LOL!
I like the colors of the kayaks.
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They add color to any scene… :-)
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Very funny take on the theme :)
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Glad you like it!!
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Tut-tut….beached!!
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It happens… ;-)
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