Nice report Dave, and in what I always think of as "typical" NW weather conditions (cloudy and cool). The numbers of abandoned towns and canneries along the tidal estuary of the Columbia always makes me feel nostalgic. My mother was born and raised in Portland, OR and use to tell me stories of canoing and rowboating along the many inlets of Sauvies Island. In those days almost no one had access to a motorboat and I can't help but feel we'd be better off if we faced much the same circumstances. Uh... except for our muthah-ships which we use with great caution and care and only for the briefest possible time necessary to get our kayaks into position and to reduce our personal impact on the shorelines. :) The white kayak paddled by your friend Bruce is interesting. What is it? Thanks for the nice photos, too. Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 4:22 AM, Dave Kruger <kdruger_at_pacifier.com> wrote: > Big Bad Bruce and Belinda B the ex- joined me early Friday morning for a > downriver shot from the Washington end of the big bridge to the Ilwaco boat > basin, on the Lower Columbia River. Photos here: > http://www.pbase.com/bartenderdave/sndtrp *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Jul 19 2008 - 06:14:10 PDT
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