Joan Volin, on reading about Peter Osman's visit with Sandy Kramer, said something to the effect that wouldn't it be nice to have a PaddleWise get-together. More than nice. Let's do it!! Thusfar, I have hosted in the Big Apple at least 3 PaddleWisers from afar, Rich Mitchell, Casey Walker and Sandy. Rich came actually in pre-PaddleWise days having made contact via Wavelength and my newsletter. We had a memorable twilight paddle to the Statue of Liberty from the Downtown Boathouse with my wife and a friend; saw the sun go down behind the Statue as the city's skyline behind us burst into a million twinkling lights. Casey came last July; I arranged for him to paddle with the regular weekend morning free public program trip from the Boathouse to the Statue; I met him only briefly at the end of the trip. And Sandy and Son (who lives in the city) came down briefly to the Boathouse to do a bit of paddling in the immediate embayment and try out my K-Light. I have thoroughly enjoyed meeting these people and showing off our paddling opportunities...many people from afar don't think of NYC as a paddling destination...but it is, with 700 miles of shoreline and diverse destinations to paddle to from busy traffic and sightseeing to quiet marshes, 500 foot cliffs, waterfalls, numerous islands, etc. I volunteer Joan and myself to coordinate some form of get-together around Memorial Day when things warm up. There are plenty of locals on this PaddleWise list and people from other places might want to coordinate a trip to the city for vacation or business with such a get-together. Maybe we will do that sushi dinner paddle that we couldn't time right last year. :-) Perhaps other nodules of PaddleWisers might want to do something similar in their environs and perhaps out-of-towners might be able to coordinate trips there and join in. Of course, there is a risk. Being email and listserv pals is one thing. Actually meeting each other may be a shock. I'm reminded of that great New Yorker Magazine cartoon depicting two dogs. One is in front of a computer screen and keyboard. He turns to the other and says "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog." :-) ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
ralph diaz wrote: > > Joan Volin, on reading about Peter Osman's visit with Sandy Kramer, said > something to the effect that wouldn't it be nice to have a PaddleWise > get-together. More than nice. Let's do it!! > > I volunteer Joan and myself to coordinate some form of get-together > around Memorial Day when things warm up. > > Perhaps other nodules of PaddleWisers might want to do something similar > in their environs and perhaps out-of-towners might be able to coordinate > trips there and join in. While paddling with Ralph and other PWers is high on my list of stuff I'd like to do, travelling to NYC is toward the bottom. But who knows, I may be in the neighborhood at some point for a professionl meeting. Meanwhile... I'm planning on being at the East Coast Canoe and Kayak Symposium in Charleston, SC. My wife is unfortunately on call, so I'll be on my own. I would love to hook up with some PW folks to hang out with. I'm planning on camping in the park. > "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog." :-) Woof. Steve *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
>I volunteer Joan and myself to coordinate some form of get-together >around Memorial Day when things warm up. There are plenty of locals on >this PaddleWise list and people from other places might want to >coordinate a trip to the city for vacation or business with such a >get-together. Maybe we will do that sushi dinner paddle that we >couldn't time right last year. :-) Sounds like a plan, even to a cityphobe like me. Do you think you can work out accomodations and boat security? The problem is that Memorial Day weekend is usually a pretty tough one for me, but I might be able to work something out. And, of course, it's a long haul, too. >Perhaps other nodules of PaddleWisers might want to do something similar >in their environs and perhaps out-of-towners might be able to coordinate >trips there and join in. I'vve been sort of thinking about inviting lower Michigan, Ohio and Indiana Paddlewisenheimers to get together sometime for a hot dog roast and bull session in southern Michigan, this spring sometime. I haven't gotten past the thinking about it stage, though. >Of course, there is a risk. Being email and listserv pals is one thing. >Actually meeting each other may be a shock. I'm reminded of that great >New Yorker Magazine cartoon depicting two dogs. One is in front of a >computer screen and keyboard. He turns to the other and says "On the >Internet, nobody knows you're a dog." :-) We know there is a broad range of experience on this group, and various divergences in attitudes and opinions. If everybody thought alike it wouldn't be as much fun. I suspect that we would all discover that we are all older and dumpier than we envision each other to be. -- Wes *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
>. I suspect that we would all discover that we > are all older and dumpier than we envision each other to be. > You mean all you men don't look like Schwartzenegger?? Bummer.... Karen ;-) *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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