Re: [Paddlewise] Wanted - Kayak Stories

From: Melissa Reese <melissa_at_bonnyweeboaty.net>
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:45:04 -0800
Hi Craig,

Monday, December 17, 2007, 9:39:02 PM, you wrote:

> I promise to do my part come April or May but unless you all want
> accounts of criss-country skiing in the Cascades, I suggest some of
> you warm-weather habitants get busy!!!

I live over here on the wet side of the state, so my water is always
liquid! :-)

I really wouldn't mind reading a few "skiing in the Cascades" stories,
so go ahead! Or, you could just take your most appropriate boat and do
this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3flztm1fF6s

Back to liquid water paddling...

I paddle several times a week (all seven days if I can get away with
it), but I don't write about it very often, though sometimes I do, and
I'm sure you've seen some of it here over the years. I did have a nice
paddle a couple days after that storm a couple weeks ago that knocked
out our electricity for a week, and while the winds had calmed down
almost completely, the surf and swell was still pretty impressive.
Once I got through the messy surf zone that went on forever, the big
swell was wonderful. While in the troughs, I could only see water all
around me, no sky. While on the crests, I could see all the way into
the Olympic mountains. The water was cold and refreshing, but not
frozen! :-)

-- 
Melissa
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