At 02:31 PM 05/24/2000 -0400, John Somers wrote: >A Day with the Tsonoma Rangers > copyright Y2000 John Somers > > A fine Saturday morning, and I was off to the upper end of Tomales Bay >for a coastal paddle. A group from Western Sea Kayakers made an excellent day trip on Tomales Bay last Saturday. Launching from the opposite end of the Bay from the Tsunami Rangers and the dumping surf, we had a very pleasant, long day of paddling up the Bay. While on Hog Island for lunch, we peered through binoculars at the tremendous surf visible two miles away at the mouth. One of our number asked if we saw a helicopter near the mouth. We speculated mementarily on whether a boater was in trouble or if we were just seeing practice. Our trip south (homeward) was interrupted by a restroom break, and again when one of our people (we won't mention who, but he was the only paddler with a wood Chesapeake Light Craft on the trip) forgot his fannypack with wallet & keys in the restroom and had to paddle back over 1/2 mile to get it. Near the end of the trip, one of the newer paddlers tired and the trip leader, plus this writer, plus the assistant leader took turns towing her a mile each. It was a really fine day with about 14 NM paddling (15 NM for me, uhh, I mean, for the idiot who left his wallet). We never actually saw the Tsunami Rangers (they are elusive), but we did see some beautiful scenery, lovely weather and water, and some nearby critters of several varieties. In the last half mile a strong tailwind assisted us and allowed the tow to be released. It was a great day in sunny CA. 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 Wed May 24 2000 - 15:41:21 PDT
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