Re: [Paddlewise] "Commado" Camping

Ralph wrote:

>I think a lot has to do with the area involved.  For example, those in
>the Northwest seem most sensitive about it probably because of the flack 
>over overuse of the San Juans and such by kayakers.<

Ralph, you are so right! I can hardly picture a successful guerrilla camping 
trip in the San Juans, except perhaps in winter. Most of Puget Sound is 
crowded with waterfront homes, and certainly if I needed to bivouac beside 
the dock on someone's front lawn, I'd be asking for permission.

>I am also surprised to see that some people see little difference
between 20 paddlers pulling up on a person's front lawn to defecate,
pee, break tree branches for an open fire and a paddler or two pulling
in to a quiet corner at dusk, paddling off at dawn and leaving not a
mark on the place.<

Yeah, big difference there. However, I do have a photo of myself and a 
friend (another intrepid female paddler) posing in front of a particularly 
rude "no tresspassing" sign on the shoreline somewhere here in south Puget 
Sound. I hesitate to admit this to you folks lest you imagine I'm one of 
those obnoxious kayakers of dubious fame, but in fact we went out of our way 
to land on that beach to take a photo with that sign. What I thought was 
amusing was that the property owner seemed to be trying to keep people off a 
little strip of sticky mud, as it was sort of a cliff there and not even a 
hint of a spot to sleep on at high tide! It's not as though they were trying 
to keep us off their lovely lawn or even an enticing woodland. And there's 
no way the spot could be used as a party spot or anything. Anyway, we really 
only landed long enough to take the photo, but I confess we were just irked 
by that sign.

>Perhaps this is a discussion to have over a campfire<

OK, who's plannin' the trip?! :-)

SYOW,
Kasia

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