3/23/08 I guess I've got to check my clocks; I was supposed to start my paddle at 8:30, but got there way too early! I thought I was running late and left without even my hot water to warm my booties! A bad way to start a paddle! Early as I was, Barb and Ken were already there with there boats on the beach waiting to go! We hit the calm water and went searching for Henry and Kathy, who as usual were starting their paddle earlier. They fooled us by showing up from the opposite direction as last time and sneaking up on us all quite like. But the harbor was not our destination and we set out for the sea. Checking the CG station, there was no one else to join our paddle, so we were on our own. There were a lot of kayaks on the water and as is usually the case, we wondered if any of them were people we know, but most turned out to be fishermen. There was one kayaker a ways ahead of us who was on our same path and we finally met up with him amongst the kelp and rocks off of Little Corona. It was Reid paddling his Mariner Express and he joined us for our paddle to Crystal Cove. There wasn't a lot of eagerness to land at CC, so we decided just to paddle on to Reef Point, although Reid had to head home. It was a quite day on the water, not much wave action, so it was mostly a gab fest coming and going. I had made a tour of the squirrely water of the Arch on the way out, so Henry wouldn't let me go in on the way home for an encore. Although it was a warm day, the cold water discourage most of us from rolling practice, although Ken punched one out at the landing beach. KB had guests at home to get back to, so it was just HnK and I having Easter lunch at a convenient Carls Jr. Mark Sanders www.sandmarks.net *************************************************************************** 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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