Paddlewisers, I thought you might like the following excerpt from my day paddle report: "Besides just a wonderful time, the only other thing of note was how we were all amazed at Java Jack's minimalist car topping of his kayak. All he had was two blocks of foam, which the kayak sat on upside down. There were no straps. Instead, he rolled down the window and held onto the kayak with his hand. He said he didn't have very far to drive, but I (as well as the others) never saw anything like it. Then I remembered that Jack is a construction worker, and it didn't seem so strange after all." Duane Strosaker Southern California www.rollordrown.com *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
The last time I saw my first canoe it was being car-topped in a very minimalist manner on a silver/grey Mustang. No racks, pads, mats, ropes or anything -- just four fellows each with an arm out the window. I had just hauled my canoe out of the Beaver River Rat Race near Clarksburg, Ontario, and was hiking into town to get my dad to drive out to pick up the canoe. When I was a little way down the road, the Mustang drove past me and stopped at my canoe. Four fellows jumped out, tossed my canoe on the car's roof, climbed back in, held on to the canoe by reaching out the windows, and drove away. I was twelve or thirteen years old. It was my first real canoe of my own. Richard Culpeper http://my.tbaytel.net/culpeper/ *************************************************************************** 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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