Re: [Paddlewise] Lessons Learned (long) but Worth the Read

 The Top Ten Things Mark should immediately be appointed  to:
The Paddlewise:

  * Tax Consultant

  * Toxicologist

  * Pathologist

  * Trip Coordinator

  * Tour Guide and Valet - Downtown Seattle

  * Vacation Consultant

  * Lost and Found

  * NOAA Weather and Tide Reporter (You know the Synthetic Voice on the
    Radio)

  * Speed Eskimo Roller Specializing in  Bomb Proof Cold Water Rolling

  * Log Sledder (Who works all night to move logs up from beach to higher
    ground so folks can enjoy swimming at the beach.)

I can't think of anything else, but I enjoyed reading your experiences. 
Sounds like a trip you won't forget in a life time.  I remember driving
into Tacoma and Fort Lewis in a heavy rain having left Alabama when I
finished flight school.  We soon discovered that people in Wa really do
go to the "Construction Debris" Beach and wear bikinis when we were still
walking around in sweaters and wouldn't get close to the water let alone
in it.

Fred

Mark Wrote:
At 08:54 PM 10/1/2000 -0400, MJAkayaker_at_aol.com wrote:

  I thought I might pass on some interesting facts and observations
  that I came
  up in both in my preparation and during the trip.

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