I'm working on a New England trip for the week around the 4th of July. I've got to see Cape Cod and get it out of my system and off my travel wish list, but after that we'll be heading north. Flying in an out of Boston, renting a car, and camping along the way. I'm just beginning to look at guidebooks and realize that we won't be able to see all that much in 9-10 days, but I guess an initial goal of reaching Acadia National Park would be OK. We are warm water, recreational paddlers. Any suggestions on easy paddles? (Apart from "stay home"?:) Marinell Davis (it was on her site that you saw the Long Key photos) will probably be going with me. She's also hankering for a K-Light. I've checked into renting and it's about $240 for 12 days - ouch! Sandy Kramer in Miami who is looking forward to ODing on Maine lobster. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
On Wed, 1 Mar 2000 Gypsykayak_at_aol.com wrote: > I'm working on a New England trip for the week around the 4th of July. I've > got to see Cape Cod and get it out of my system and off my travel wish list, > but after that we'll be heading north. Flying in an out of Boston, renting > a car, and camping along the way. Might I suggest for your cape cod paddle paddling from one of the chatham town landings out to monomoy island and back. Last spring I had a great paddle, with some others skinboat owners, paddling along with about 300 seals. The were following us and swimming under our kayaks as we paddled along in the fog. I can give exact directions to the preferred landing. I've got lots of other cape cod suggestions if you need them but for a single day trip that would be my first suggestion. > I'm just beginning to look at guidebooks and realize that we won't be able to > see all that much in 9-10 days, but I guess an initial goal of reaching > Acadia National Park would be OK. We are warm water, recreational paddlers. > Any suggestions on easy paddles? The Essex river basin, paddling out to Cranes beach, in Essex Mass is one of my favorite northern massachusetts coastal paddles. Although lunch on Misery island, in Manchester Mass. is also quite nice, particularly if you are there when there are some sailboat races going on. There are lots of classic sailboats based across the harbor from Misery Island. Portsmouth harbor, starting in Kittery Point or from Newcastle island is a nice day paddle. Not so sure about warm ;-) > Sandy Kramer in Miami who is looking forward to ODing on Maine lobster. In that case you "need" to visit waterman's beach in south thomaston, maine. The ideal method of getting to the restaurant would be by water ;-) The "restaurant" there is on the beach with a view of muscle ridge shoals. It's owned by a couple of fisherman's wives. They serve what their husbands have caught. The menu consists of lobster, lobster rolls, crab rolls, steamed hot dogs, steamed corn, potato chips, steamed rolls, and fresh pies. If it's not cold or steamed they don't have it ;-) If you are lucky they'll have fresh steamed clams too. Also there's a campground a half mile up the road. I should be there at least once during either first weekend or second weekend you are travelling. We'll be on the beach, across the way, with about a dozen kayaks, for a family reunion. Another nice day paddle, in Maine is from Rockport Harbor to Camden harbor and back. If you go on a saturday you can watch about a dozen windjammers set sail. kirk who lives on the NH/Mass border, has family in Maine and Cape Cod and has a few years of paddling behind him... *************************************************************************** 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 don't know if anyone else has mentioned this but a good starting point from a paddler's point of view is Tammy Venn's Seakayaking Along the New England Coast, published by AMC. Tammy is also editor/publisher of the Atlantic Coastal Kayaker magazine. ralph -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ ***************************************************************************
Sandy, Some good reading (I know that you are already doing that...) about the MDI/Acadia area: Paigen, Jennifer Alisa. Sea Kayaker's Guide to Mount Desert Island. Camden, Maine: Down East Books. 1997 Really more than just a collection of "what you can do if you're in a boat around here" snippets. Paige paddles this area daily as a guide. She knows the area's geology and natural history. 170 pp. List of Bar Harbor outfitters here: http://www.camdenkayak.com/links.html You do know it's going to be *some* crowded around July 4.... Mike Ray Camden Kayak http://www.camdenkayak.com/ *************************************************************************** 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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