Re: [Paddlewise] Kayaking Couples

Chuck Holst wrote:
> 
> How many of you are kayaking couples, and were you paddlers
> before you met?
> 
> To start the ball rolling, my wife and I are both kayakers. Linda
> had a solo canoe (a Bell Creek Runner) when we met, but
> because one of her favorite places to backpack was in the
> Apostle Islands of Lake Superior, she wanted to try sea kayaking.[snip]

My SO and I do a lot of yakking together, but I drug her into it a year
or so after we started going out.  I had been yakking actively for a
couple seasons before we had a chance to get her on the water.  It was a
really new experience for her, as she had never been an active
outdoorsperson before.  She really loves it.  Both of us are close to
the 50 mark (I'm over; she's under), and the wear and tear on the joints
of backpacking make sea kayaking a better way to get into out-of-the-way
places.

I've got a 30-year history of outdoor stuff, mainly backpacking and
climbing while the knees where still OK, but sea kayaking is really a
kick!  I like the route-finding, navigation, playing the game with Ma
Nature, checking out the wildlife, and the cool places.  Becky likes the
last two the most, and we both enjoy cooking in the outdoors.  (I have
the shape to prove it!)  We both have really been impressed at the
character and genuineness of the Canadians we have camped near on trips
to BC -- and find our own ilk too-often peopled with posers.  (That's
our experience -- I don't have an explanation.)

-- 
Dave Kruger
Astoria, OR
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