Re:[Paddlewise] Long trip report - 5 days in Mexico

Hi Marilyn,

Great trip report!  Sounds like a beautiful and colorful experience. 
Also sounds like Rafael was a gracious host, especially given his van
problems.

It is obvious you see no negative stigma attached to towing that many
other paddlers suffer from.  This is refreshing, to say the least! Good
for you for accepting and giving a tow, and describing it in the same
excited breath as gourmet cuisine!!

You should consider writing this for publication in a paddling
magazine.

All the best,
Shawn

mkircus_at_academicplanet.com
>But I had started my kayak off facing downwind and couldn^Òt get it
turned to go back into the wind.  I managed to get it back to land and
waited for help since I hadn^Òt mastered edging the boat in big waves.
Rafael finally had to come and get me and give me a steering tow back
to the first turn where the wind was not so strong.  After we struggled
back we had a most delicious lunch ^Ö crab craws, fish in a garlic
sauce, a wonderful kind of frititta, filled with peppers and seafood,
and fish soup. 

> Linda Day had been feeling more and more sick with Montezuma^Òs
revenge and got much sicker during the trip.  The wind was picking up 
and the waves were getting higher so I towed her back while the others
stayed with Janet. I was amazed at how easily the Performa towed.  I
was in another  Performa and had only a little ¼^Ô diameter rope
attached to 
her boat and my life jacket by carabiners.  But I could not even feel
it
pulling on my body.  She was just keeping her paddle out to brace if 
she needed to and not paddling at all.  Everybody made it back and had 
lunch, except for Linda who had crackers and chamomile tea and Linda
Roman who went out sunbathing and just had a pot of coffee.

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