>Although he is landlocked, he has easy ww at his door, and is one hour from a >world renowned ww section. Within a few hour's drive he can make it to >one of >the Great Lakes. He is also in the middle of some wonderful small lake >territory. There is a tremendous sprint club where he lives. I was faced with a similar problem in Mississippi, but minus the whitewater (there is essentially no whitewater anywhere in MS). After buying a big double for the very rare trips to the Gulf (100 miles away), I bought a used WW kayak (T-Canyon) for near peanuts, slapped some deck rigging and a strap-on skeg on it, and can enjoy paddling around the local streams and lakes. Since learning how to paddle straight, I only use the skeg when I'm watching wildlife or taking pictures. I'm thinking of taking the WW boat out to the Gulf one of these days, just to see how it does on big water. It has room inside for a bit of gear for maybe a day trip. It's just not quite as fast as the big kayak. Ira Adams ************************************************************ I don't do .INI, .BAT, .CFG, or .SYS files. I don't assign apps to files. I don't configure peripherals or networks before using them. I don't manage IRQs and DMA channels, either. My computer works for me, not the other way around. I have a Macintosh. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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