>ralph diaz wrote: >> I know a number of PaddleWisers are in the same boat, i.e. having >> started paddling when older. If you could re-visit some of your >> pre-paddling haunts again, only this time with a kayak, which would they >> be and why? I grew up around Puget Sound. I have never kayaked on the Sound, or around the San Juans, or B.C. I would like very much to kayak the length of Lake Chelan. I've seen all these places from a motorboat -- most of them many times. But the world looks a lot different from a kayak. Perhaps I'll get my chance in a year or two. I've also visited Hawaii and the Bahamas, and both would be likely kayak spots next time around. I was on the Cote D'Azure about 3 years ago and I think kayaking on the Med would be extremely cool. (The Med went from lake-like conditions one afternoon to road-closing, boulder-throwing exploding breakers the next morning, while I was there.) If time and conditions permit I would love to put an open canoe, or a kayak on the rivers and canals in England. Visiting my sister in San Diego, I really wanted to put the 'yak on the harbor there. Leaving, driving up the coast around Camp Pendleton, I was watching very moderate, regular rollers coming in and the kayak state of mind lasted until I got home. Down south, Huntsville, Atlanta and Memphis, I wanted my canoe every time I crossed a bridge. On a recent trip to Boston and New Hampshire, I found you can't go 20 minutes without being reminded of the kayak you left home. (Ralph, you are right. Everyone needs a folding kayak.) I guess the real question ought to be, where have I been that I wouldn't want to paddle? jerry. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Feb 07 2000 - 08:18:36 PST
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