Re: [Paddlewise] Paradise Lost

Steve said Snip):
>>It is 75 degs F here in Corpus Christi.  Very nice paddling weather all
year...Come visit us some time.<<

I hear the folks down there are very hospitable (as long as you don't mess
with them). :-)

And Tim said (snip):
>>Thanks for the reminder, Doug, that Victoria gets its share of wind and
rain. We have had some beautiful sunny weather here lately...If you roll
until you9re dizzy and then squint really hard, the broken concrete
telephone poles and twisted rebar that make up the shoreline begin to look
just like
cedar logs and bull kelp! So I9m really doing just fine in the East.;-)<<

I'd love to paddle some different shores someday, like the wine-dark seas of
the Aegean Sea, the inlets of Norway, the wind-blow cliffs of
Labrador...ahh, there are so many beautiful places in the world that I'll
never experience or know. I guess that's why I love the travel articles in
magazines like Sea Kayaker (love the longer destination articles, always
rich in detail, written with clarity and purpose), or like Adventure
Kayaking, and some of the other dedicated paddling magazines. A good editor
ensures and embraces articles that convey a strong sense of place, history,
anecdotal information, and insights into the history and sensibilities of a
particular people associated with the adjacent landmass or islands, all in
the context of paddling.

I read one recently about the upper reaches of the Hudson River. I had been
completely ignorant of the river's potential for touring kayaks. Thought it
was good for polluted urban and city landscape only. Some of my hard-core
friends by-pass these pieces, which is too bad. They may be a little
soft-core at times (the articles), but I read them all, relish them, and
inwardly digest each and every word. And, again, appreciate the dedicated
work of the staff at these publications to work with the writers and often
work hard (I'm sure) to edit with gentle firmness - with the reader in
mind - what has come from the paddler's heart. Paradise sometimes comes
bi-monthly for me.

Doug Lloyd
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