On Apr 14, 2008, at 6:20 PM, Craig Jungers wrote: > I waited in the safe shoals of my grass island yesterday while a > bozo in a > speedboat with a wakeboard tower drove around and around in circles > in front > of the launch ramp at full speed. When he tired of it and zoomed > off to > another part of the lake I crossed. Saturday was one of the few nice weather days we've had in a while here in Seattle. A guy came into work raving about how I really should be out paddling. My reply was that I really don't care for those warm sunny days anymore and that I preferred the cool rainy and windy days. He was absolutely speechless for a second, wondering if I was serious or not. I explained that, for one, no drunken power boaters. Besides, kayaks were made for cold weather and add in a good drysuit and I'm comfy! I have come to like windy days. It seems like I get a lot more oxygen in my lungs and the wind drowns out the traffic noise on Lake Washington. In fact, I'm hoping for more bad weather. It may drive some of these squatters back to California or Arizona land. Get rid of the weak ones. And that means less traffic and more room for the rest of us. It's just a win-wind deal. Paul Montgomery paul_at_paddleandoar.com http://paddleandoar.com *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Apr 14 2008 - 20:45:30 PDT
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