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ScaledMystic · Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:45 am Post subject: Kayaking

I'm the proud new owner of a shockingly loud lime green kayak thanks to an early birthday gift. I bought a life vest and paddle to go with it, and I've already gone paddling three times.

The irony of this is that it was sig other who first got interested in kayaking. His back is still giving him fits and he doesn't feel up to going paddling - yet.

I feel very relaxed on the water and the kayak gives me the opportunity to notice wildlife that I wouldn't notice from the shore or would scare off in a motor boat.

I'm strong enough to carry the kayak, but not to lift it up over my head to place on a roof rack. Luckily, I can also fold all the seats down and jam it in through the back hatch. Downside is, it's my only "passenger" allowed when I carry it this way. Upside, I can haul it around by myself!

It's a very stable craft, wide cockpit, prone to righting itself quickly. A "recreational" kayak for those in the know. I'm not into full spray skirts or eskimo rolls, I just want to go out on a still lake and experience nature quietly.
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Summer · Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 1:39 pm Post subject:

Sounds cool!
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BetteTheRed · Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 1:48 pm Post subject:

My dad had a kayak for many years. He spent countless happy hours skimming around our little bay. (I'm not sure if this was before or after the styrofoam Sunfish - a beginner sailboat - years.)
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themann1086 · Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 1:58 pm Post subject:

Huh, my friends were talking about going kayaking the other day Smile

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Summer · Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:21 pm Post subject:

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Summer · Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:34 pm Post subject:

With the price of marine fuel skyrocketing (like every petroleum product), lots of people around here are selling off their motorboats and jet skis. The people who sail are better off, since we generally just use motors for getting into and out of dock, or if the wind dies completely and leaves us becalmed.

Makes me really glad I was never terribly interested in powerboating.
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ScaledMystic · Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:52 pm Post subject:

I'm glad to hear that motors are becoming less popular in your corner in the boating world!

Maybe people will sell off their ATV's next.

I guess I'm a utilitarian when it comes to motors. They function to get me from Point A to Point B, (or to get bikes/kayaks around) but when it's time for the actual playing, no motors allowed!
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Summer · Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:59 pm Post subject:

I'm kind of like that, too.

We went out last summer on a friend of a friend's powerboat... the fuel cost was unreal.
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ScaledMystic · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 11:55 am Post subject:

Looking forward to paddling around my kayak in a couple more months. Not looking forward to the fuel cost to GET me to the lake, but eh. I wonder how many people will be trying to sell their jet skis this summer.
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BetteTheRed · Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:44 pm Post subject:

Come live in my piece of Paradise. I can walk to the lake in 10 minutes from my house and the Hippie could just about jump into it (at the other end of a 6-house street). Could put a kayak on a little dolly and pull it down easily in both cases. And since, apparently, there will never be enough room for cars in my garage again, you can put your kayak in there...
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ScaledMystic · Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:29 pm Post subject:

Oohhh Bette. You're making me envious here!!

(But how thick are the black flies up there?)
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BetteTheRed · Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:10 pm Post subject:

For three weeks (May), out of town (i.e. Hippie's), bad. In town (my house), almost never see them.
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