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. *************************************************************************** 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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