Hi Doug, On Thursday, August 11, 2005, at 10:36:55 PM PST, you wrote: > What have you done in your life to make more time for paddling After spending most of my life so far living in big cities, doing "big city things" (though I always did at least insist on living in coastal cities), I discovered the kayak, and changed my life completely in order to accommodate my paddling needs. I moved into an oceanfront home, where I can simply carry my boat across the beach and launch into the lovely Pacific! :-) I also traded the "glamorous life" of a busy musician for the very simple life of a paddler/beach bum. While there are things I miss about my former life, I simply can't imagine going back to it. I have a lot less money now than I used to have, and I've let go most of the material things I once had and enjoyed, but I find that I'm quite happy to leave a lighter environmental footprint, and to "travel light and quietly" through life. I live in a beautiful place, breathe clean air, and wake up to the sound of the surf instead of the jackhammers, car alarms, and sirens of my former life. Just about any day of the week, I can (and do!) paddle with whales and countless other forms of lovely and interesting wildlife. Even my cat (actually, I'm "his human"), a born and bred New Yorker, absolutely loves our quiet life here. Does it get any better than this? :-) -- Melissa *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Aug 12 2005 - 01:10:15 PDT
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