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 *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
On Jan 30, 2008, at 11:05 AM, Brad Crain wrote: > > Does anybody have a nice warm-water paddling story to tell > that would warm us weather-bound types? > > > I paddled off the coast of Georgia, USA a few weekends back. It was a bit windy. OK, it was a freakin' gale but we stupidly pushed out anyway. We made 6 miles in five hours of deadly serious effort. I was pretty warm by the end. As sometimes happens when you don't get what you want you get experience instead. Jim et al *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
> 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 *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
----- 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 *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
On Jan 30, 2008 12:39 PM, Brad Crain <crainb_at_pdx.edu> wrote: > > Newfoundland! So that's where the warm wind blows. All this time I > thought it was Baja or Costa Rica. > > Two words: Gulfstream. It is a little known fact (I think the URL is www.littleknownfacts.com) that Newfoundland once contained significant forests of palm trees. Unfortunately, the early Newfies burned them all producing rum. Or drinking rum. I forget which. Newfoundland remains a source of great humor, fun people, and super paddling. I'm pretty sure. (It's been a while since I've been there.) But the palm trees, alas, are long gone. And probably the rum, too. Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Craig Jungers wrote: > > > Newfoundland remains a source of great humor, fun people, and super > paddling. I'm pretty sure. (It's been a while since I've been there.) But > the palm trees, alas, are long gone. And probably the rum, too. > I was in St. Johns a few years ago. I didn't see any palm trees, nor attempt to seek out rum. However, I *did* discover that there is plenty of ale to be found on George Street. I was with a group of software developers for a two day meeting. About half of the group and I did a nice kayak tour out of Tors Cove out to an island with some large sea caves. It was at the end of the Puffin mating season so we saw millions of puffins. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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