> I wish I had such nice experiences to share about paddling with cats. Yeah, I can just imagine trying to get my cat in the boat. In the house, she's the queen of the jungle, but outside the house, she's a terrified quivering ball of fur. But, a funny dog story for you all: I was visiting a friend's lake house about 5 years ago, and decided to take my kayak with me, since they're into just about anything that floats. Well, my buddy Ken takes the kayak out about a quarter of a mile from the dock, and capsizes. No problem, I hop into one of his canoes, and head out to get him back in the kayak. As I paddled past the neighbor's dock, I heard a rushing sound and a whine, and then the canoe pitched like I'd been hit by a train. I braced, and somehow managed to stay upright, and then saw a golden retriever in the bow of the canoe. His owner apologized repeatedly, and I offered to take the dog for a short spin, because I still had a swimmer to rescue, and the dog had no intention of getting out anyway. So, the dog and I rescued Ken, and came back in. The dog hasn't paddled with me since, but Ken's become quite a good kayaker. Wayne -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Wayne Smith wsmith16_at_snet.net Check out my sea kayaking & homebrewing page: http://pages.cthome.net/wsmith16/home.html *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Jan 11 2002 - 19:09:41 PST
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