Dogs and Windmills

Here we sit, Nick, Kadizzle, and The Commander.  Yesterday Kaizzle picked up a stray dog on the docks of Lake Sakakawea.  Actually Nick was the stray dog.  His blog is Dogs and Windmills, check it out for details. Nick is making the trek down the Missouri, possibly to Florida.  Nick built his own boat, and Rodger and Kadizzle helped Nick get it across the Garrison Dam so he can continue on to the Gulf.

Nick and Kadizzle had a great sail in the good ship, then we had a rinse with whiskey and Coke.  So this morning we have to get Nick back up to the lake to continue.  Life is strange.  While enjoying our drink on the dock at the park Nick encountered an old Air Force friend he had not seen in eight years.  How strange that a person should float down the Missouri and end up on a dock at precisely the right time to meet an old friend.

For years the Kadizzles have offered refuge to bicyclist, and river travelers.  David Miller was one of the first strays we picked up. Dave wrote a book about doing the river and mentioned Kadizzle. Now every person doing the river has David Miller's book, and it is fun to reflect on the trip he made and all the people we have met since.  Last year it was Larry, and Lying Dave.  Lying Dave was cheating and doing most of the trip by hitchhiking with his boat in pickup trucks.