By Vladimir Brezina
As a reward for setting out in our kayaks on a cold, snowy Manhattan circumnavigation, we raft up in the shelter of our favorite barge…
… and get out the cheese, apples, and hot tea!
A contribution to this week’s Photo Challenge, Reward.
... 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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Wind Against Current 
Very atmospheric – I particularly like the middle one
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Peaceful to me. The vibrant colors of the water.
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Beautiful and inspiring, as always!
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Wow, this looks so incredibly cold! I go birding in the rain and cold, and have found hot tea to be the perfect break. Looks like it was fun! :D
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I kayaked through a good chunk of last winter but this year… Brrrr. looks cold!
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That is most definitely a reward for being braver than most of the rest of us. :-)
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Hot tea was a good choice.
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I’m impressed!
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Looks cold!!
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I really love the colour spread!
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Nice photos, especially the last one. I certainly was thinking of you when I made my round-trip in one day to NYC and back, especially while driving south along Hudson Parkway looking at the river. I easily felt the attraction to exploration of the city because of your wonderful entries.
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I can actually taste those apples and that cheese; feel the warmth of the tea trickle down my throat. It’s worth becoming cold and hungry to gain such pleasure from the experience of satisfying one’s needs…isn’t it just!?
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very cool @ ussual…. 8-) …. er kewl as i would say :) lol….
love ur posts…….. bout a city i’ll prolly never be able to see physically……
take care…safe sailin….an sane paddlin :) .. Q
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Proves how totally committed you two are to the water! Stay warm!
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Brrrr……only you would consider apples and tea in freezing weather on the water to be a reward Vladimir LOL! But great shots. Especially like the first.
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I truly envy you two … Great shots, I feel the chill which would be really nice right now here in Oz
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Looks Cold, but rewarding indeed. Thanks for sharing this as all of us love it.
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I trailer to put ins unless I’m using one of the short pyrhanas (I used to use a very heavy Loon 111 because it was my first and it broke ice like the Coast Guard.) I cannot imagine the logistics of launching a sea kayak in the city. I cannot imagine how one gets the kayak from your apartment to put in. Nice photos. I wish I was there.
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Hi Dunelight,
Actually, it’s very simple: We launch from a shipping container where the boats are stored! You’re right that bringing a kayak from an apartment is a nonstarter–unless it’s a folding boat.
So launching for us is relatively easy: Open the container, extract the boat, load it up, carry down to the dock, and launch. Ice-breaking, on the other hand… now that gets tricky in any boat!
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Love the full blog re the maiden voyage!
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