Re: [Paddlewise] Sandy meets Albert

Hey Sandy - do we have to wait until everyone has a turn before we can
come back???

Joan

On Mon, 30 Apr 2001 12:09:16 EDT Gypsykayak_at_aol.com writes:
> "Darn," I thought, "I forgot to tell him what kind of car I'm 
> driving."  
> Then...duuuuh, as PeterO will remember, the sight of a station wagon 
> with two 
> bright (orange and yellow) Hobie SOTs is quite distinctive.  
> 
> He said, "I'm the tall, Asian guy with the white cap."   Well, the 
> Asian part 
> was a dead giveaway, but a Paddlewise logo would REALLY have stood 
> out.  His 
> Night Herons (another paddling club) logo was very cute, but ya 
> gotta be up 
> close and personal to see it.
> 
> Off again to meet another roaming Paddlewiser.  I'm hoping Albert 
> will write 
> his version, so this will be fairly brief.
> 
> On Saturday afternoon we went for a short paddle on the Oleta River 
> which 
> dumped us into the Intracoastal Waterway and then back to the River 
> via a 
> canal.  The weather was overcast and rained was threatening, but we 
> were OK.  
> Albert commented on how warm the water was.
> 
> On the way home we stopped at the Super Asian Buffet restaurant and 
> ate all 
> kinds of sushi, seafood (shrimp, clams, mussels, oysters, various 
> types of 
> crab), veggies....and I went for the roast duck and rare roast beef 
> as well.  
> This is an all-you-can-eat buffet and weekend nights are the most 
> expensive: 
> $11.95!
> 
> I'm going to give Albert a chance to write about the Sunday paddle.  
> The plan 
> was to drive to Everglades City on the West Coast of Florida, buy 
> stone 
> crabs, and then paddle to Indian Key for the feast.
> 
> On Saturday night our "leaders" Keith and Nancy Wellman said that 
> despite the 
> stormy weather predictions they have found that when they cancel the 
> post-report is that the "worst" hadn't materialized.  So we would go 
> anyway.
> 
> At 6:40 am they call and said something like  "Gee, maybe we'd 
> better 
> cancel."  BUT I'VE ALREADY LOADED THE CAR.  I'VE BEEN UP SINCE 5:30 
> AM!!
> 
> So it was decided that we would go and, if worst came to the worst, 
> just buy 
> the stone crabs and find a place to eat them.  When we got there the 
> skies 
> were overcast but the "bay" was pretty calm...there was some wind, 
> though.
> 
> I got scared when I went upstairs (after the boats were loaded) to 
> the 
> visitor center at Everglades National Park: 100% chance of rain and 
> thunderstorms, 3-5' inland waterways, small craft advisory.  When I 
> went and 
> related this to Keith he said, "I told you so."  I just wanted my 
> houseguest 
> to have a chance to paddle.
> 
> OK, Albert...you continue the 10,000 Islands trip report.
> 
> The Wellman's kindly lent Albert a boat, so I was "forced" to use my 
> decked 
> boat (deluxe glass Seda Gypsy) again after a scare I had about 3 
> years ago 
> and an arthritic cramping (sciatic nerve again) attempt last year 
> when I had 
> to switch to a SOT after 20 minutes.
> 
> Thanks to Joan and my other friends who convinced me to take it off 
> the 
> market.  I will say that paddling a SOT is more fun, but I do need 
> to have a 
> faster boat for certain trips.  The Gypsy stays.
> 
> Now, let's see.. there's Ralph Diaz (NY), Peter Osman (Australia), 
> Tina 
> Scholnick (Oregon), Bob/Joan Volin and John Fereira (NY), and now  
> with 
> Albert Wang from California there's another notch on my paddle!  
> 
> Dare I ask, "Who's next?"
> 
> sandy kramer
> undisclosed location
>
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