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From: Mark Arnold <mjamja_at_earthlink.net>
subject: [Paddlewise] Summer Paddling Weather
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 09:33:28 -0600
Well South Texas has finally gotten its perfect paddling weather.

Air Temp 91 degF -  For comfort you have to get out in that "cool" sunrise air when its 82-85 degF.
Heat Index 105 degF -  Depleted batteries on pump just getting the sweat out of the cockpit.  "Sauna! Sauna!.  We don't need no stinking sauna". 
Water Temp 82 degF  -  Great opportunity to practice the rarely used "rotorary warming" techniques
Winds 25 mph stead  gusts 33 mph -  Think gentle cooling breezes coming out of the blast furnace.

I love South Texas (especially Oct to April) but I am starting to dream about Georgian Bay a little early this year.


Mark J. Arnold
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From: Bradford R. Crain <crainb_at_pdx.edu>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Summer Paddling Weather
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:57:14 -0700
   Come to Oregon, Mark. Embrace the mountain's glad tidings (still snowing),
feel the valley chill (hail and rain), camp at the coast and be buffeted
by storm-driven winds off the Pacific. We offer comic relief.

BRC

Quoting Mark Arnold <mjamja_at_earthlink.net>:

> Well South Texas has finally gotten its perfect paddling weather.
>
> Air Temp 91 degF -  For comfort you have to get out in that "cool"   
> sunrise air when its 82-85 degF.
> Heat Index 105 degF -  Depleted batteries on pump just getting the   
> sweat out of the cockpit.  "Sauna! Sauna!.  We don't need no   
> stinking sauna".
> Water Temp 82 degF  -  Great opportunity to practice the rarely used  
>  "rotorary warming" techniques
> Winds 25 mph stead  gusts 33 mph -  Think gentle cooling breezes   
> coming out of the blast furnace.
>
> I love South Texas (especially Oct to April) but I am starting to   
> dream about Georgian Bay a little early this year.
>
>
> Mark J. Arnold
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From: Bob Carter <revkayak_at_aptalaska.net>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Summer Paddling Weather
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 13:06:11 -0800
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Mark,
Better yet come to Petersburg Alaska and roll amid our icebergs and really 
cool off. Nothing like an ice cream headache to cool your head.

Bob


>   Come to Oregon, Mark. Embrace the mountain's glad tidings (still 
> snowing),
> feel the valley chill (hail and rain), camp at the coast and be buffeted
> by storm-driven winds off the Pacific. We offer comic relief.
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From: Steve Holtzman <sh_at_actglobal.net>
subject: RE: [Paddlewise] Summer Paddling Weather
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 09:08:07 -0700
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Just come up to Southern California, it's a shorter drive. Last Sunday, we
launched about 9:00 AM and the air temperature was about 65 deg F and the
water temp was up to 60 deg F. Only bad thing was that we had a red tide.
Makes it look like you're paddling in blood.

Steve

Mark said: 
> I love South Texas (especially Oct to April) but I am starting to dream
> about Georgian Bay a little early this year.
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