On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 2:26 AM, Gary J. MacDonald <garyj_at_rogers.com> wrote: Hi Gary, Nice photos but a little too chilly for my tastes. I'd be out cross-country skiing. > > I know it is not sea kayaking (I hang out here because of the quality of > the company--no joke) but Saturday I was out whitewater canoeing. A smaller > group had scouted the route a week earlier to find it open--to our great > surprise. But, here in Eastern Ontario we are seeing spring a month ahead of > any year I can remember and we may already be past the peak in some rivers. > We are seeing much the same thing here. In fact the lake would normally be just now thawing out after a typical winter of being frozen solid since November 15th. In contrast, the water temp is +45F right now. > > While most of the kids (some younger than my bush hat) and some of the > geezers were in play boats, I was one of the holdouts who believe that a > playboat can be 17 feet long and should be able to carry a couple of weeks' > supplies. > No one I know is younger than my mountaineering boots! > > I don't know why my partner is not as gray as I am -- he had twice as many > kids and is almost a decade older! > > You would think that the kids would do it, wouldn't you? Neat story... canoes are looking more fun all the time. There is a guy in BC Canada who does salt water expeditions in a canoe and takes incredible photos of the experience. And some waters fairly demand a canoe (I'm thinking Boundary waters specifically). Nice to know that at least someone can roll a canoe (nice video!). Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayaking.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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Mar 15 2010 - 11:03:30 PDT
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