Matt Hudson and I paddled the Maine coast last summer for 3 weeks-- Freeport to Jonesport-- in our K-1's. If you've only a few days, I would start at Schoodic Point and go east. That's where all the beauty and solitude are. West of Schoodic is just about all trophy homes now... If you plan to camp,you'll need to check in with the Maine Island Trail Ass'n in Portland (http://www.mita.org/). For a year's membership fee, they'll give you a guide to the area and all important phone numbers for reservations at special islands like Bois Bubert. douglas montgomery san francisco *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
>> 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! >> Hey, that's cheap! Plastic kayaks rent for $25-$30 a day around here. Cheaper by the week, though. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Boston Harbor can itself offer a lot of paddling pleasures. An $8 roundtrip ferry leaves hourly from Long Wharf (on the subway from the airport) that can take you and your foldables out to Georges Island in the middle of the harbor. From there it is a comfortable paddle to a half dozen other islands, including Middle Brewster, the home of Brewster Light, the oldest working lighthouse in the states. Dick Harmer ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 *************************************************************************** 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 really good ideas about paddles can be found at the North Shore Paddlers Network website, www.nspn.org. Also, if you are interested in hooking up with them for a trip I think you can. I've gotten some really interesting information from them too. I am of course biased, but Portsmouth harbor from Pierce Island boat landing is a really great day paddle. I second that caveat about warmth...It sure ain't Florida!...even in July! >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. > *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Thanks for all the great info that is coming in. Is it my imagination or are you people telling me that water up there is cold year-round? :) I look fat enough in a PFD, and I refuse to subject myself (and others) to the sight of a cross between the Pillsbury Doughboy and the Michelen mascot in a wetsuit. Of course, if I wear a pink tutu, I could impersonate a fairy elephant, couldn't I? Sandy Kramer who has just bought a bottle of Metabolite (Metabolife knock-off). *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
No Sandy, the water around here is not cold year round. In the middle of the summer the surface temperatures can reach a balmy 70 degrees! Mike -- Paddling along through fog so thick that only one's thoughts are visible, your reverie is abruptly shattered by the ancient cry of a great blue heron as she lifts uncertainly from the brilliant blue of a mussel-shell beach witnessed only by the brooding, wet spruce....your passage home seems as much back through time as it does through space. Mark H Hunt *************************************************************************** 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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