Hello List, The post about storing your boat in the house reminded me about a sort of related story. The first year I had cold water paddling clothes, I was really gung-ho to get out and paddle. During Christmas week there was a mild day and I had a very enjoyable time out there. After I returned, I put the boat up on the top of my van and drove home. Being somewhat lazy and knowing I was going out on a New Years day paddle two days later, I decided to leave the boat on the top of my van. Well, that night we had rain and falling temperatures. The next day I had a nice thick coating of ice well incrusted into my deck lines, etc. What to do, what to do? What could I do? I spread towels on the dining room floor, brought the boat in through one of the windows, and the boat lived in the dining room for a day. My wife was mildly amused but insisted that it had to go after one day. The ice went away and the effect on my neighbors seeing the boat go in and out through windows in my house served to reinforce their opinions of me. Naturally we took pictures to impress the relatives. Bottom line, I got to do the New Years paddle ice free. Happy ending! Bill Leonhardt *************************************************************************** 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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