RE: [Paddlewise] "Commado" Camping

OK - here's a virtual bucket of cold salt water from Alaska on the subject.
(that oughta cool off those keyboards!<grin>)  It's clear that there are
widely divergent views held by different parties and there are probably more
variables involved than any of us would want to try to think about.  I vote
to drop this line of discussion and move on to more productive avenues.... 

Dave Seng
Juneau, Alaska 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: bob_at_intelenet.net [mailto:bob_at_intelenet.net]
> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 12:51 PM
> To: Kasia Pierzga; paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net
> Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] "Commado" Camping
> 
> 
> "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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