[Paddlewise] New Year's Paddle

Chuck Landis and I decided to bring in the new year with a short (5 mile)
local paddle. We put in at a ramp on the Intra Coastal Waterway in Boca
Raton and spent the next hour or so surrounded by 2 and 3 digit houses
($2.4M,$10.9M, etc), beautifully manicured lawns and trophy wives on 100
foot boats. The weather was perfect...74 degrees with water temps about the
same and not a cloud in the sky. There was a light breeze around 10 knots.

We paddled north a couple of miles to a small park with a canoe trail
through the mangroves. We slipped in under the ropes (there to prevent
rental canoes from entering the more dangerous ICW) and paddled along the
trail for a short while. The receding tide had left less then a foot of
water in the trail so we bid a hasty retreat. 

We shot past the put in on the outgoing tide and cruised around Lake Boca
for a while then headed back to the ramp. Most of the distance paddled was a
no wake zone so even the jet skis were quiet. It was a delightful first
paddle of the millennium!

No ice picks, snow shovels or snow mobiles to worry about

Bob Denton 
Aqua-Gulf Transport
bdenton_at_aquagulf.com 
www.aquagulf.com <http://www.aquagulf.com> 



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