Re: [Paddlewise] So Quiet Out There

From: Brad Crain <crainb_at_pdx.edu>
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:39:43 -0800
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Darryl" <Darryl.Johnson_at_sympatico.ca>
To: <paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 11:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] So Quiet Out There


>> It's been snowing and blowing in the Pacific NW, with some
>> flooding thrown in for good measure, and meth addicts trying
>> to strip copper wire from power substations and street lights.
>> 
>> Does anybody have a nice warm-water paddling story to tell
>> that would warm us weather-bound types?
>> 
>> 
>> Bradford R. Crain
> 
> Not so much a paddling story, but if you want *warm*, you could try 
> finding some live wires and start stripping the insulation off. It'll 
> warm ya right up, for a second or two...
> 
> OK, paddling... I'm in the middle of a significant effort to produce 
> topo maps for most of the coast of Newfoundland, in the format one 
> can load onto a Garmin GPS. There's a group of four of us who'll be 
> heading out that way in June, looking for whales, icebergs (and wild 
> women!)
> 
> -- 
>  Darryl

  Newfoundland! So that's where the warm wind blows. All this time I
thought it was Baja or Costa Rica.

Brad 
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