I didn't kayak this weekend. Family visits and fighting a cold convinced me to make this a recovery weekend. I had hoped to join the Queen Mary paddle and at least pretend to be social! Saturday's drive down the coast to San Diego just served to remind me of a great Thursday surf day at San Onofrey and, passing La Jolla, of my surfing jaunt 2 weeks past. Even with my weekend lethargy, it's been a great month of kayak activates. My garage is clear evidence. All my kayaking accoutrements splayed across the floor--an attempt to clear the car for human passengers. My booties lay crusted with San O sand as if peppered with coarse sea salt. A quick shake and my wetsuit, also so seasoned is ready for its next use. Towels, car racks and back bands create a obstacle course for finding my way to my car, which devoid of its kayak remnants still boasts a faint aroma of vintage 2007 neoprene booties. The Delfin, still damp of San O and yet without its permanent place on the garage wall of fame, sitting on saw horses and the work bench filled with kayak projects condemn two cars to the weather, victims of a hobby gone amok. Inside my computer room, Patrick Martin's broken wooden paddle now adorns my wall as if I needed more reminders of an activity which I find rarely far from my mind. I didn't paddle this weekend, so I sit and contemplate what activities I can look forward to this week to atone for my omission. www.sandmarks.net *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Jun 03 2007 - 20:36:48 PDT
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