I ran across these thoughts today and thought I would share them with you. These are not to put down kayaks or kayaking as the kayak was not in great popularity in the United States in 1878. The Perfect Canoe Harper's New Monthly Magazine, 1878 ...canoeing, the most perfect of all possible out-of-door sports... The canoeist cruises not only on the Sound and the sand-girt bays of the Atlantic coast, but on the wild and rapid rivers of the remotest wilderness. His paddle is the key that unlocks the secrets of mountain streams, and admits him to Hesperidean gardens of which other men can only dream. To have lived and loved was considered by a German poet to he a very satisfactory thing, but the man who can say, "I have lived and paddled," has alone known perfect happiness. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Jan 01 1999 - 00:45:10 PST
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