One of my favorite urban paddles was on the Desplaines River in Chicago. As we paddled upstream we traversed a golf course. Golf balls, attendend by Canada geese lined the side of the stream. Golf carts trundled overhead on a little bridge. I wished I'd had my helmet! Farther upstream we encountered two wild reporters from a TV station tracking down "outdoors" news. They interviewed us. Farther along we saw deer, (not far from semi-submerged shopping carts under a street crossing). The whole trip was highlighted by a view of snapping turtles spinning around in the murky water together. Mating perhaps? It was spring. Barbara South of San Francisco Barbara Kossy Communications PO Box 434 Moss Beach, California bkossy _at_igc.org 650-728-8720 fax: 650-728-8753 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Sep 28 1999 - 08:15:07 PDT
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