Just thought I'd drop a line, and say hello from the other side of the world!

 

Things are going well over here, though the desert does indeed get overwhelmingly dry... I get ridiculously excited when it rains, when I see trees, or get mail. I'm just as easily amused here, if not more than I am back home (if you can imagine...)  Apparently I talk an awful lot about water and sports: missing WW kayaking, scubadiving, sailboat racing, open water swimming, climbing, backpacking, camping...  Some of my coworkers tease me that I am truely a depiction of a "fish on dry land". *HAHA*!!

 

I recently got to travel "outside the wire" to see some of Afghanistan's country. Despite the religious and political issues that is going on, the country itself has some beautiful parts! There are definitely good rivers here that I'd love to kayak!! Though I know I'll never have the chance to kayak here, it was still a gorgeous sight to see natural flowing water offering anything from class III to what looked like solid class V.

 

I'm nearly half way through my tour here, and am already thinking about the rivers I want to run when I get home. It'll be late in the season, but I have high hopes of getting some good river time in!

 

Professor Paddle Ball is coming up and I hope someone posts some pictures of it-- I'm bummed that I'm going to miss it this year, but C'est la Vive, no? Enjoy, have fun, and be safe with the flows during applets and cotlets!!  (I can't wait to hear stories!!!)

 

I hope all is going well for everyone!

 

Until next time, Happy Paddling!!!