Mike said: >>Well, the weather channel showed a snow warning for all of Vancouver Island (except for a bit of terrain around Victoria) and I thought of you and all the other kayaking braggarts on the left coast. If you're desperate, just head up to Nanaimo or Campbell River and you should be able to make a snowman on Wednesday! Meanwhile, it's above normal temps here in Toronto.<< Yes, BC did get a heck of a lot of snow yesterday. Sunny here in Victoria though. Nice that its above normal in Toronto. But, the mantra is still "go west young man," not east. :-) If you do come out west, there have been a few changes of late, including some ridiculous new legislation that will promote development and private enterprise in provincial parks. If the present Liberal government has its way, you will be able to pull up to the beach at Ninstints and order a side of fries. While I admit there's a lot of "CAVE" mentality out here (committee against virtually everything), we do need to preserve the supernatural BC element. I'm getting worried. But I guess there are environmental issues everywhere else too. I find the information on climate change and global warming somewhat equivocal, but whether its true or not, I'm trying to do my part to help reduce emissions. I'm using my older mountain bike and the children's old trailer, converted to make a rig to tow my kayak to the water, so to cut down on my use of the SUV. If the bike happens to get stolen, it will not be a huge financial loss (as opposed to using my new bikes with the trailer). I'll be using the rig come spring. Okay, back to reading someone's manuscript I've been sent here, or maybe its time for bed. Doug Lloyd Victoria BC *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Nov 19 2003 - 23:54:25 PST
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