On Saturday we launched our kayaks in Wellfleet Harbor on Cape Cod with the intention of hopefully helping some of the dolphins that the news reported stranded in the shallows. Unfortunately by Saturday any healthy dolphins (Common and White Side) had left the bay. We paddled from Wellfleet to the Great Island area and saw at least a dozen dead dolphins. The state biologists were doing some autopsies and their preliminary findings were that the dolphins were healthy and they were most likely disoriented by heavy storms and high tides. Anyhow it was a wonderful day of winter padding. There was about a 8-10 MPH breeze and it was cold. We did see many healthy seals in the water and also on the beach. If you havent paddled in the Wellfleet area give it a try. There are many good launch areas and plenty of protected bays to explore. It is too bad that we had to use a "dolphin tragedy" to get us motivated to paddle. -- Hal Wilton, NH Power your boat with carbohydrates, not hydrocarbons. http://www.jlc.net/~hlevin 0 \_O \============\==============/ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ \^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 0 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ***************************************************************************
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