Returning from Ohio trip where temperatures were single digits for the high, -3 to -5 for a the low and windchills in the negative 2 Digits. Glad to be home, even if i am stuck in traffic on the 405.
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Waka (/ˈwɒkə/; Māori: [ˈwaka]) are Māori watercraft, usually canoes ranging in size from small, unornamented canoes (waka tīwai) used for fishing and river travel, to large decorated war canoes (waka taua) up to 40 metres (130 ft) long.
The earliest archaeological find of a canoe in New Zealand was reported in 2014. It was found near the Anaweka estuary in a remote part of Tasman and carbon dated to about 1400. The canoe was constructed in New Zealand, but was a sophisticated canoe, compatible with the style of other Polynesian voyaging canoes at that time.[1]
Since the 1970s about eight large double-hulled canoes of about 20 metres have been constructed for oceanic voyaging to other parts of the Pacific but they are made of a blend of modern and traditional materials incorporating features from both ancient Melanesia as well as Polynesia.[2] — Wikipedia
One of the many canal boats we saw in our Summer trip to Leeds, York and Nottingham. The brightly colored boats and their peaceful surroundings — even in the middle of urban areas — draw you in with dreams of gentle cruising, rural countryside and a life free from hurry and stress. While I am not sure it is bucolic as all that, it certainly makes your imagination run when you see them tied up alongside the canal.
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