[Paddlewise] Fw: Fw: Best place to live in Washington State for paddling?

Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Fw: Best place to live in Washington State for
paddling?


> On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 10:07:27PM -0700, Kirby Stevens wrote:
>
> > Do you know the best reason to live in the San Juan Islands?
> >
> > You are next the the best sea kayaking in the world!   British Columbia!
> >
> > What do you think of that?
>
> Gee, and I thought coastal Wales was the best sea kayaking place in
> the world ;-)  I'm glad I read PaddleWise for the Canadian perspective.
>
> Just joshing!
>
> P.S - To the original poster:  Forget the "proximity to salt water ==
>       rusted cars" issue.  You're so far better off living close to
>       the water in the Pacific Northwest than you would be in the snow
>       belt states, when it comes to car body longevity.  Living in the
>       land of "salt cures all ills", and with the change in winter
>       road maintenance policy that dictates salting in advance of snow
>       (whether it comes or not), and in a community that gets a steady
>       stream of vehicles from all over the US and Canada (multiple
>       colleges in the area), the cars from Washington and Oregon look
>       far better than the do our native vehicles.  Just stick to
>
On San Juan Island, we DON'T salt.  We sand.

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