HeyJaredCanoelover by name, canoe lover by nature.
I'm a husband, father, and friend. I paddle, blacksmith, chase odonates, write, play clawhammer banjo, and I'm a part-time hospice chaplain. I love books, not tablets. My family owns Rutabaga Paddlesports, an outdoor specialty shop in Madison, Wisconsin.
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pass it on before it disappears. (opens the original)
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Written for Silent Sports Magazine. Reproduced with permission of the Editor In Chief.The little olive-green Duluth Pack No. 2 was stuffed with a puffy jacket, hat, mittens, and Scholastic paperback books. My four-year-old daughter Whitney was responsible for her own pack.Stephanie was pregnant with Ian, so technically, it was the first Boundary Waters trip for both my kids. Whitney was in the homemade fleece jacket Stephanie sewed for her and wore a kid-sized Tilley hat when it was sunny or rai
not an ironman (opens the original)
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I was sitting in my kayak, scanning for swimmers in distress. That’s what 90 kayakers do every year in September at the Ironman Wisconsin. A 2.4-mile swim starts the race, followed by a 112-mile bike ride and finishing with a 26.2-mile marathon.I would do any of these things, maybe. But I am never interested in doing all of them the same day. No, thank you. I have run a half marathon (13.1 miles) without training to do it with my daughter. I paid the price for the next few days. I got a medal, a
camp faces (opens the original)
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“Hey Darren…”I turned around.I was greeted by a magnificent face.“Thank you. It’s been a while since I have been around. So thank you, Darren.”[Handshake with shoulder grab]1<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pcoo!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fef60d74c-bf61-4c92-b5bb-adee04866326_2840x2731.jpeg" target="_
go slower, see more (opens the original)
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Last week I took an 18-mile bike ride. The Southwest Bike Path runs behind my house, so it’s easy to take that to the Capitol City Trail, around the south side of Madison through Fitchburg, then back up along Monona Bay, then back to the Southwest Bike Path. As cyclists, we Dane County residents live with an embarrassment of riches.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VfW7!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-m
Sweet child o mine (opens the original)
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There are milestones that a father expects to experience from the time his baby girl is born. First steps, first words, first tooth…first owie, first day of school, first friends. Then comes first leaving home, graduation, work, more school, first dates, engagement, and wedding.Then there’s the daddy-daughter dance at the reception. Woof…I could write a novel about my remarkable daughter. She’s amazing. Don’t take my word for it; those who know her well know this is true.This isn’t really about
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