"Hey" folks. This question is directly related to the "can't see the forest for the trees" syndrome, and I'm just wondering what I might be missing. We've all (haven't we?) been in situations where we failed to appreciate the opportunities that nature has given us in our own back yards - kind of like "the grass is always greener on the other side". I was recalling a comment my cousin made a few years ago. She was visiting here in Southeast Virginia from Idaho, and was amazed at how "lush" the area was. My response was "Huh? What are you talking about"? She saw what I didn't, because I've lived here for so long, I suppose. I'm still not sure I'd call it lush, but compared to where she is from, I suppose it is. So, the question..... Because all of my dream trips require significant driving or air travel (Virginia to Glacier Bay Alaska, or our Western states - things including and West of the Apostle Islands or the Boundary Waters) I fear that I've become blind to my own back yard. My typical day paddle is in the Chesapeake Bay, but my "trips" have been to the Outer Banks of NC, one to Florida (and maybe another next February) and a planned trip next September to Acadia in Maine. So, what can't I see? If you had the opportunity to take a paddling trip in the Eastern half of the country, what would your destination be and why? Thanks, Rick *************************************************************************** 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 don't remember if you guys did the Keys when you were here, but that would be a good choice. Either out of the Keys themselves or Everglades City. Cya *************************************************************************** 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 once spent a very enjoyable week paddling the North Carolina water trail system around Albemarle Sound; the Scuppernong River, Edenton, a couple other places, up to Merchant's Millpond SP (in VA?). Although it wasn't challenging, it *was* very relaxing. OTOH, if you were to take up whitewater boating, you'd have *more* than enough destinations to check out :-) >If you had the opportunity to take a paddling trip in the Eastern >half of the country, what would your destination be and why? ------------------ "At that moment a black vessel sailing on a cloud appeared and carried off the man's spirit." -Horace Beck, "Folklore and the Sea" *************************************************************************** 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 once spent a very enjoyable week paddling the North Carolina water trail > system around Albemarle Sound; the Scuppernong River, Edenton, a couple > other places, up to Merchant's Millpond SP (in VA?). Although it wasn't > challenging, it *was* very relaxing. Merchant's Millpond is only about an hour and 15 minutes from me. It certainly is a very nice place to spend a few hours paddling - done it a few times. I've also paddled around Albermarle while vacationing at the OBX, but I've never done the Scuppernong or Edenton Rivers. I'll have to check that out. THANKS! Rick *************************************************************************** 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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