During my adventure on the Missouri River I will be traveling with our dog Taggerung. Tagg is a five-year-old border collie from Wildblue Border Collies, a local breeder in Colorado. When you consider border collies, Tagg is not typical. Tagg is a mellow go-with-the-flow dog. I think Tagg believes himself to be human. He is happy just being with me,…
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December 18, 2018 – Sleep Log
Last night was not a good night. Despite the medications there was no sleep to be had by me. 10 mg Melatonin, 1 benadryl and 30 mg Temazepam just did not work. A normal night on this combination has been about 5-6 hours of sleep so I am surprised that I went straight to nothing. What was different? I was…
December 14, 2017 Sleep Log
Well, last night missed the mark. I did fall asleep at about 10:15 pm. However, I was awake at 3:15 am. That means I slept about 5 hours. While that is good it’s not near what is really needed. I took my medication, which is now 30 mg of Temazepam. This is combined with a benadryl and 9 mg of…
Boat Selection
Considering that I will be spending two to three months sitting in the boat I decide to paddle, its selection is somewhat critical. My primary needs are; stability, easy wet re-entry or self rescue from a roll and wet exit, a place for Tagg to sit, low wind profile, and good cargo capacity. For easy self rescue it seems like…