Re: [Paddlewise] capsized

From: Dave Kruger <kdruger_at_pacifier.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:02:01 -0700
Paul Montgomery wrote:

> 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.

And, it might be well to remember that almost all of us are "squatters" 
postdating the natives who lived here for thousands of years prior to the 
arrival of Europeans ... says Dave, a native Californian who squatted in 
the Northwest in 1966 in his 21st year ... because dirtbikers, other 
surfers, and other pleasure seekers were beginning to overrun __my__ native 
lands and waters in Southern California!

I think it is all a matter of perspective.

-- 
Dave Kruger
Astoria, OR
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