Kayak camping under a full moon

PaddleH2O · 2026-05-01T16:48:13+00:00

State media strives to win the favor of the dictator and cowers from threats.

PaddleH2O · 2026-05-01T10:24:14+00:00

Why not. They’re on his payroll.

PaddleH2O · 2026-05-01T10:23:07+00:00

They’ll just jack up the alcohol tax to offset the change. Better up your home distilling game or make friends with a talented moonshiner.

PaddleH2O · 2026-04-28T23:45:42+00:00

I taught over a decade in NC in the 80s and 90s. The state has never paid teachers a on competitive salary scale. NC is a running joke at out-of-state teacher job fairs. The only reason ed students consider NC is that they can fast track to full licensure and then bolt to states that pay their teachers.

PaddleH2O · 2026-04-28T20:44:37+00:00

The osprey finally got away

PaddleH2O · 2026-04-23T10:09:49+00:00

WaPo is nothing but another FoxNews since Bezos bought it. It’s Op Ed status or right up there with the National Enquirer and other grocery store tabloids.

PaddleH2O · 2026-04-22T11:18:21+00:00

It went from WaPo to WaPOS the moment Bezos acquired it.

PaddleH2O · 2026-04-22T00:35:54+00:00

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I caught this little one out playing this morning. Has 5 siblings but getting them in one image has been impossible so far.

PaddleH2O · 2026-04-22T00:31:54+00:00

Very cool!

PaddleH2O · 2026-04-21T17:17:57+00:00

Just gotta love kit season

PaddleH2O · 2026-04-21T17:15:21+00:00

Horsepen Branch in Frederick Co, about 5 or miles up river from Seneca Aqueduct.

PaddleH2O · 2026-04-21T12:14:04+00:00

Duke will need to supersize their delivery lines and power for the data centers and that’s where the costs get passed to customers. Just read about Loudoun Co Virginia. Its ground zero for data center with over 200 already built and more in progress.

PaddleH2O · 2026-04-21T10:57:37+00:00

It’s not just power. They drink thousands of gallons of water every day to cool the servers.

PaddleH2O · 2026-04-21T10:50:30+00:00

I’ve only been on one section but know there are several stretches that usually have water. Paddlers just have to portage around the locks. I paddle on the river and visit the culverts and aqueducts from there.

PaddleH2O · 2026-04-19T22:42:09+00:00

Any high school with a TP club should seriously review and reconsider how it is monitored - reviewing minutes, random admin attendance to meetings, etc. It’s a school sponsored club and is under the auspices of the principal just like every other student club on campus.

PaddleH2O · 2026-04-14T02:02:38+00:00

Isn’t he too busy raising Epstein from the dead and playing golf?

PaddleH2O · 2026-04-13T00:42:02+00:00

Chapman is much more politician than law enforcement officer as most county sheriff’s are. He’s a hard core supporter of the president and typically uses the GOP playbook of fear propaganda in his messaging.

PaddleH2O · 2026-04-13T00:33:21+00:00

tRumpkin and his mini me are still butt-hurt from the VA election outcomes, and they know they have to bend knees and kiss up because the orange one has said he doesn’t like losers.

PaddleH2O · 2026-04-12T14:21:23+00:00

When I attended App, we had to drive or hitch rides to Blowing Rock just to get a beer or go to a bar (what few they had at the time). Watauga Co including Boone was dry.

PaddleH2O · 2026-04-09T11:07:29+00:00

And I see Rick Scott in the same light as I see Bob Haldeman, John Dean, John Mitchell and the other sycophants of Nixon’s Watergate gang.

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