I know; I've been up there. It's not pretty, but right now, that's the way it is. It sucks that you can't just land anywhere and stretch your legs. You basically "hop" from public beach to public beach. It would be wonderful up there if there was public access even 20' up from high water; you could camp anywhere. Of course, it would also be wonderful if nobody abused a great situation like that, but somebody would and it would ruin it for everybody. Shawn Dave Kruger wrote: >>snip<< > I've seen the scene in the San Juans, and it is not pretty, either from the > landowner's point of view, or from the paddler's perspective. It is not a > good situation, but given the laws in the state of WA, it is no surprise. > (Yes, I recognize that some of the problems up there come in areas where the > upland landowner does NOT own or control the intertidal zone.) > > Dave Kruger > Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Sep 27 1999 - 18:39:36 PDT
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