Re: [Paddlewise] "Commado" Camping

From: Bob Myers <bob_at_intelenet.net>
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 13:51:08 -0700
"Kasia Pierzga" wrote:
} Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] "Commado" Camping
> 
> 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 trespassing" 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, 

It does indeed come to mind.

> 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.

So let me get this straight. 

You not only don't ask people's permission to camp on their land, you
specifically go out of your way to trespass when they specifically ask
you not to?

You definitely sound pretty obnoxious to me.

Oh, I forgot, you're "intrepid".



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