As usual, Ralph Diaz' insightfulness was right on target. In particular, the bit about making some friendly overtures to jetskiers at the put-in. And the reminder of the cardiac patient who was whisked to help. THEY know that WE want them off the water, so.........they show their animosity. In addition to loud jetskis we (in Florida) are also subject to the INCREDIBLY LOUD NOISE emitted by airboats. These things are lightweight contraptions that have engines mounted up high. They skim over everything (and tear the hell out of the Everglades' River of Grass) and make such a racket that the drivers/passengers wear ear protectors like you see on the people working on runways. There we were, camping on the banks of the Peace (hah!) River over the Hallowe'en weekend last year and this fellow kept going back and forth past us (there was no other route), each time with a different "chick." The disturbance of the Peace was really bad. I do believe they should be banned from rivers. At least on a lake there is more room for avoidance...unless they wanna act nasty. I believe one of the members of our group made a rude "digital" gesture. After that the game was on! Perhaps we should have smiled and waved...... Oh, the fellow lost his bandana and he ain't never gonna find it. sandy kramer miami *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Apr 17 2001 - 12:12:30 PDT
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