On Thu, 19 Feb 1998, Chuck Holst wrote: >> >> >>I noticed in the replies to the boats question that a lot of spouses >>or SOs have their own boats. So here is another survey question: >>How many of you are kayaking couples, and were you paddlers >>before you met? really fast... my wife never paddled before we started dating. i took the chance [about spouses/boyfriend/girlfriend's] teaching her to paddle, and it went smoothly enough. two weeks later, i took her on a three day paddling trip, and proposed to her over a bottle of wine, and a dinner i cooked ;-) three months later we won a 36 mile downriver race!! ok, we won _our_ class, mixed recreation, but, we beat the next boat by under 30 seconds, for a 4+ hour race!! we paddled a lot our first year together, some the second year, and now, 6 years later, we own 1 tandem canoe, 1 solo canoe, and 2 sea kayaks, of which she'll probably never paddle ;-( we paddle together 2-3 times a year at most now... mostly whitewater, she loves the adreneline!! but we're one of the happiest couples i know, truly happy with each other. she understands paddling & travel are in my blood, and i know she'd rather clean the living room!!! mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com-------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/cpr [Colorado Paddlers' Resource] http://www.diac.com/~zen/rmskc [Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club] http://www.diac.com/~zen/rmcc [Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page] http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark [personal] -- Fortune: The older a man gets, the farther he had to walk to school as a boy. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Feb 20 1998 - 11:45:57 PST
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