Pink flamingos pulling a kayak on the front lawn??? I LOVE IT! It is sooo tacky. I'm sure my neighbors' kids would love it and our condo commandos aren't as bad as Marinell's - especially since I was voted in because no one else showed up to the last meeting! Now, if I can only work up the courage to buy pink flamingos.... The Paradise Paddlers did a last minute "decorate your boat" and paddled near the Key Largo boat parade this year. Next year they want to actually join the parade. I already bought some after-xmas 75%-off decorations and battery-operated lights. Now I'll have to see what other decorations I can pick up cheap to do a front lawn thing. Of course, I'll need a red boat, so maybe Marinell can be persuaded to sell me back the wee red Kiwi Lobo...... Does anyone have ideas or photos/descriptions of similar holiday displays with a kayaking theme? Bet a whole bunch of you bought the neat paddling/camping/birding xmas ornaments that came out. Wyoming River Raiders had them on the back of their catalog for $7 - $6 if you bought four or more. A friend gave me a sea kayak ornament, and I rushed to buy the paddle, PFD, backpack, & binoculars. Paid $7.99. Then I went to Florida Bay Outfitters and they had them for $5.99...only had a very few left. So I bought the dome tent. They also make a WW kayak in the series. tropical sandy kramer who is freezing her buns off in 40-degree (F) weather *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
<<Got the kayak, now to hit Value Village for the Santa and the flamingos ;-)>>> Beat ya....just got back from the Rag Shop and got an obscene amount of stuff for eight bucks, including tiny wreaths to put around their (I reckon I'll need four) necks with red bows....some white poinsettias....red will clash with the pink! A long green pine garland and some holly picks and a silver star garland. Got plenty of lights. Fortunately, there are a lot of Hispanics and Jamaicans in my neighborhood...can never be too glitzy - and I can say this because I'm half Hispanic. Then there's the Island tropical ambiance (including flamingos) and the general South Florida zaniness... what a fabulous ethnic salad. All I need is a big (and cheap)Santa and ....the courage to buy PFs! 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/ ***************************************************************************
Sandy wrote: - >Beat ya....just got back from the Rag Shop and >got an obscene amount of stuff for eight bucks, >including tiny wreaths to put around their >(I reckon I'll need four) necks with red bows.. G'day, Reminds me of the time we used to do night paddles around the hotels on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour with a four foot illuminated fluffy pink toy dog called Brutus bungeed to the back of the boat. Responses were mixed. Japanese tourists tried to take photo's, drinkers at the local hotels looked astonished, our local boat club were scatological (Thanks Jolie thats a great word!) Who could blame them! All the best, PeterO *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
I wrote perhaps a bit thoughtlessly: >Reminds me of the time we used to do night paddles around >the hotels on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour with a four >foot illuminated fluffy pink toy dog called Brutus bungeed >to the back of the boat. Responses were mixed. G'day, This was not intended to parody those such as Jackie or my paddling companion John who take live dogs on their boats. John receives nothing but intrigue and delight from those who observe him and I have found Jackie's accounts of travelling with a dog in her boat marvellous. Hope the story didn't give offence! All the best, PeterO *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Finally, after 2 years of trying to convince myself to get my kayak out (it's a long story) some friends called in and forced me into it and the good part is that it was fantastic to paddle again. Back to regular Wednesday night paddles now :-) Some of the recent traffic here has got me to thinking: I just can't fathom what it would be like to live in a community like where Marinell lives. How many people take there dogs paddling with them. I have spent many pleasurable hours with my rather large (German Shepard sized + ) no name brand (he was supposed to be a small Border Collie X dog but kept on growing) sitting in the front cockpit of my double. He just loves it. He lets me know if he needs to get out, so I just pull into the shore and he jumps out. I start paddling again and he will run along the shore until he wants to get back in. He will stop running and stand at the edge of the water and bark so I just paddle in and in he jumps and off we go again. I get as many strange looks and laughs as PeterO's large pink dog. The only problem I have encountered is if there are lots of white bait swimming on the surface. He likes trying to catch them and can make things quite unstable. The only other problem is I just can't get him to hold a paddle correctly so he can share the load :-) All up it is very satisfying thing to take my dog for a paddle and even after all this time away from the kayak he was getting very excited when he saw me getting my single ready. He knew something was wrong though because the double is orange and the single is white. He did look very sad as I slung the kayak on my shoulder and set of down the road without him. (only 30 meters from the launch site) cheers Wilky >From down under down under where the summer is warm and the days are long. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
> From: "Wilky" <carrot_at_vision.net.au> > How many people take there dogs paddling with them. Wanna see a few of them? :-) Check out: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/poochgallery.html \ / | \ / \ | / __ ___ / __( ( )_ _( )___ \ | / _( ( ) __ __ _ _( )__ _( _( ) ______ ( ) ( ( )_ __ ( ( )__ __( ( ) ________ __ _( ______( ) _( ( ) ___ ___ _ __ (___ _ ___) ( ) __ ____ / | (_______ ( _ _ ) __ _ ___ | \ (_____ __ _(_ _ _ ) / \ / | \ _ _ / \O/ \ / | \ " woof woof __ __ _ _ _ ///\wVw/\\\ \\ / \0/ \ ////|\\\\ \\ " /// Y \\\ `\ (((/v\))) _/ \, //"\\ (/",o /{) _ ///|\\\ _ (_at___y// \ ||\///"\\\/|| [ [.`,___\ \\\\||"||//// [___`----+) \-----mm-`mm"mm--mm---------+---+-----\---------------') ~~~~jf~ ~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~\~ ~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ o \ o o \\ o o \\ o ` (\ o o >jf:-) o (/ o o o *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
> How many people take there dogs paddling with them. > I take my dogs canoeing, but not kayaking. Picture the Titantic scene where the guy is up on the bow, arms spread, face to the wind.... that's my dogs. The only problem I have is that they keep jumping into the water to chase ducks. It's a lot of fun, though. I take them out on Lamb's Creek (where I live) which empties into the Poquoson River, which runs for a mile or so more until it empties into the Cheseapeake Bay. And like your dog, if I walk over to the racks, they get stone still like a statue to see which boat I'm going after. If I uncover the kayak, the dogs go back to whatever they were doing, but if I uncover the canoe, they go wild barking and jumping up and down. It pains me to get them all excited and leave them behind sometimes, but I do. Rick - Poquoson, VA *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Wilky wrote: > How many people take there dogs paddling with them. I am normally lurking in the background but can never resist the subject of kayaking dogs. Happy and Prince love to go. Two dogs on deck do make things very *interesting* though. They love to watch the birds and other wildlife. Happy likes to watch the carp swim alongside and has more than once jumped in to try to catch one. Looking forward to warmer days... Alice *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
----- Original Message ----- From: "Wilky" > How many people take there dogs paddling with them. <> The only other problem is I just can't get him to hold a paddle correctly > so he can share the load :-) I had mine canoe-trained to paddle bow-wow. > *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
> From: "PeterO" <rebyl_kayak_at_iprimus.com.au> > Hope the story didn't give offence! I must be missing something (or it could be my head cold) but I can't imagine how an inflated fluffy pink dog bungeed to the back of a kayak would give offense... ? What I wanna know is... do you have pictures? :-) Jackie *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
I have been very fortunate to meet, collaborate with, and paddle with PeterO, and his "associates" in Sydney Harbor!!! During the "far too brief" experience, I had the honor and privilege to witness first hand, the "GIANT PINK POODLE" riding elegantly on the rear deck, and found no evidence of offense by any and all who sighted it. Actually, it created much better visibility, but, I've always wondered about how the boat handled in the wind??? Marv -----Original Message----- From: owner-paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net [mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net]On Behalf Of Jackie Fenton Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 10:29 To: paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net Subject: RE: [Paddlewise] Holiday Displays > From: "PeterO" <rebyl_kayak_at_iprimus.com.au> > Hope the story didn't give offence! I must be missing something (or it could be my head cold) but I can't imagine how an inflated fluffy pink dog bungeed to the back of a kayak would give offense... ? What I wanna know is... do you have pictures? :-) Jackie *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
----- Original Message ----- From: "Marvin C. Leister Jr." <mcl_at_uark.edu> > I have been very fortunate to meet, collaborate with, and paddle with > PeterO, and his "associates" in Sydney Harbor!!! During the "far too brief" > experience, I had the honor and privilege to witness first hand, the "GIANT > PINK POODLE" riding elegantly on the rear deck, and found no evidence of > offense by any and all who sighted it. Actually, it created much better > visibility, but, I've always wondered about how the boat handled in the > wind??? The wonderment in my mind would be, if the boat was edged enough to have the "GIANT > PINK POODLE" skimming the water would it aid in the turning of the vessel at the stern?? If so where can I buy a "GIANT PINK POODLE" :-) Arthur Hebert, who will soon post an account on his exploratory drive to Key West, Florida www.lacostadelgolfo.com *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
What a disappointment, Arthur. I was looking forward to what I thought would be an outrageous description of your very own cajun holiday display. On my international-themed tree I have a NO/Cajun section with some neat ornaments I got in the French Quarter. Two would go particularly well on a lawn: a crawfish fishing from a pirogue (OK you could use kayak) and a santa claus astride a "hallamagator" as the recently departed Justin Wilson (I garonteee...) called gators. It was fabulous looking at your site (www.lacostadelgolfo.com) and seeing photos (and reading bios) of you and Larry Koenig. "Oldtimers" will remember Larry's accident....there's a riveting account as well as photos of the vehicles and Larry in the hospital. so many sites....so little time... sandy kramer >>> *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
<<<<I had the honor and privilege to witness first hand, the "GIANT PINK POODLE" riding elegantly on the rear deck, >> any Fairy Penguins on the bow????? sandy kramer *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
In little sweaters / jumpers? ;-) Diane > > any Fairy Penguins on the bow????? > > sandy kramer *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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