Re: [Paddlewise] The Twelve-Step Program....There is

Hello Craig.
   
  I'm John. Im a kayaker.
   
  There is such a program.
   
  It may not always have the results you expect, but there is a program.
  We share our experience, our strengths, and hopes, like: Paddling the San Juan Islands, paddling out through the surf in breaking waves, and finding a 100 kayak mother ship. Sometimes we just share interesting stories. A few may tell tall tales. All in good humor and support of the sport and the kayaker who suffers.
   
  Try it some time...its free. I think it is called: ImPaddleWise
   
  Good luck,
   
  john
   
  ps - enjoyed your story, thanks.
  j

Craig Jungers <crjungers_at_gmail.com> wrote:
  My name is Craig and I have a problem. It could be worse, of course. I could
be a drunk or chase women; both more expensive than what I do... heck, I
have a friend who had a $400 bar tab one December at his local Moose Lodge
(where drinks are cheap!). And you don't want to hear what renting a car for
his hot girlfriend cost a pal of mine a few years ago. Plus the mutterings
of another buddy who told me that the next time he felt like getting married
he'd just find a woman he hated and buy her a new house. So while it could
be worse, it's still not pretty.

I buy kayaks. Second hand kayaks, to be sure, but kayaks nevertheless. Last
night I paid a paltry sum for a Mariner Escape from a nice elderly (although
she was younger than me) woman in Yakima who seemed pathetically grateful to
me to take it away. Maybe I should have looked at it in the daylight.

... sniped ...

So even if there is nothing quite so much worth doing as messing about in
small boats, I am clearly in need of help. If there is a twelve-step program
for boat junkies I'll join it just as soon as I find that Coaster I want.


Craig Jungers
Moses Lake, WA
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