> Also: Just spend a very pleasant weekend in St Michaels on the Eastern > Shore > of the Chesapeake. You could kayak for for a very long time down there and > not cover the same water twice. What a great opportunity to comment on my home waters!!!! Here are a few fun facts :-) 1. The Bay has 11,684 miles of shoreline 2. The Bay is 200 miles long and between 3.4 to 35 miles wide (about 24ish where I live, I think) 3. It has an average depth of only 21 feet, with 100+ foot troughs (21 feet is considered "deep" water in my section) 4. The square footage is 200 billion sq ft (7,000 sq miles) 5. It contains approx. 18 trillion gallons of water 6. It's drainage basin includes 150 major rivers and streams 7. There are 3600 species of plants, fin fish and shell fish Many say the marshes "stink". But I say it's the smell of home sweet home!!!! BTW - I'm still recouping from Isabel. I experienced tidal flooding, but my home is still livable, so we're still in it. We lost 5 trees, none of which landed on the house, and were without electricity for 10 days. But, I won't have an HVAC system again until late December, so that will still be a pain in the tush for a while yet. Plus, other ongoing repairs will disrupt life for quite a while. I never thought I'd stand in line for hours, just for a couple bags of ice and a bag of bagels, or stand in a FEMA line, but I now have. It sure helped me with perspective and empathy/sympathy for other disaster victims past and future. Several couples we're friends with are now homeless (condemned due to extensive damage) and lost everything, so by comparison, I'm still feeling fortunate. On the bright side, I was (still am) in the process of building a stripper. It had it's first taste of salt water when the house flooded early in the storm. Since Isabel beat me to the launching, I'm naming the boat "Isabel". It's the Outer Island designed by Jay Babina. Anyway... 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/ ***************************************************************************
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