Re: [Paddlewise] Sunny Fall Paddle on Banks Lake

On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:58:18 -0700, "Craig Jungers"
<crjungers_at_gmail.com> said:

> So .... what did YOU do this weekend?

The majority of my saturday paddles are basically the same.  Start next
to Jubilee Yacht club in Beverly Mass and depending on the wind and
waves make a course decision.  The usual choices are up the coast to
Manchester-by-the-Sea, and the islands just beyond that.  If the
wind/waves are out of the south east/north west paddle to Marblehead and
the islands near there.  If I'm in shape and the weather is nice the
loop is from the put in, to Marblehead, around Children's, then Baker,
then Misery islands and then back to the start.

One of the guys got motivated and talked his wife into taking her walk
on the beach in Nahant, after driving my minivan there for a shuttle...

We put in at Pope's landing in Danvers, went out the danvers river, cut
over past salem willows, around Marblehead neck, (thomas moore rock had
some interesting wave patterns), then south toward Egg rock (off of
swampscott), then into the beach at the base of little Nahant.  I
noticed after passing egg rock that my heart rate was down around 125,
so I picked up the pace and pushed myself into the beach.  It was nice
to know that I'm in good enough shape to push the pace for a mile or so
after 13.  Total distance was 15 miles, in 2.5 hours.  It was nice to
string together a series of sections that we usually do as loop paddles
and paddle it as a point to point trip.  As an additional bonus the
forecast of fog until noon didn't pan out and we had mostly sunny
conditions with a light breeze.  More waves would have been good, but I
get tired at about 15 miles and wouldn't want any more challenge ;-)

Kirk
-- 
  Kirk Olsen
***************************************************************************
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/
***************************************************************************