Re: [Paddlewise] Kayakers v The Rest of The World

From: <Rcgibbert_at_aol.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 19:52:11 EST
In a message dated 2/2/2005 4:15:15 PM Pacific Standard Time,  
ratten_at_uow.edu.au writes:

That is  when I decided, as a non-American, that something is definitely
strange in  the land of the free.



One of the most irritating signs I have seen is one at the Blaine,  
Washington (state) border crossing down from British Columbia. It reads: Welcome  To 
America Land Of The Free. It's as if I left Sudan or Cuba. Paddling content:  I 
had a pair of kayaks on the roof at the time.
 
Rob G
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