Mark, I got a good chuckle out of your "trip report" I'm glad you had a successful trip! Mark wrote: >8. Despite what I had been led to believe, the REI store in Seattle does not >have a 500,000 gal tank where you can test paddle kayaks with Orcas. It does >have just about everything else and was worth the trouble I had finding it. While I was amazed and astounded by the spectacle that is REI in Seattle, I was a bit underwhelmed by their devotion to sea kayaking in such a kayaking mecca. >9. Watching a 7 knot ebb at Deception Pass is a scary sight even if you are >watching safely from the bridge. Note: I am from an area with a 1 ft tide >range where 1.5 knots of current is a major deal. It's scary being in that water, but oh-so-exciting! Shawn -- Shawn W. Baker 0 46°53'N © 2000 ____©/______ 114°06'W ~~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^\ ,/ /~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ baker_at_montana.com 0 http://www.geocities.com/shawnkayak/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Oct 02 2000 - 14:14:36 PDT
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