I am getting ready to leave for the Door County Sea Kayak Symposium. Of course I had to buy new shoes (I’m a girl) and I had to buy some dry pants - if anyone has a preference between Gore Tex with gaskets and just plain old neoprene, can you give me your feedback? I got the GT but I don’t know if I’m going to like it since I plan on getting very wet and very @#$% cold - Door County, WI (that funky peninsula on the eastern side of WI, jutting into Lake Michigan) is expecting a high of 69 degrees this weekend. I’m such a freeze baby, but hopefully this will mean some good waves. I hope to come back a) Alive, and b) With Stories to Tell. As cheesy as it sounds, I’m seriously excited to see all the boats on people’s cars - you know how you get closer to the water or an event, and you see others with boat gear on their roof racks, and even the boats themselves? Kind of like a horse smelling the barn. I’m excited to talk Kayak (Sea AND Whitewater) all weekend long.
I’m really sad though, because one of our local whitewater superstars is hosting a clinic on Saturday and I won’t be here. I’ve been trying to get to one all summer long and evidently the stars are not aligning in my favor. He’s got a playboat and I want to learn how to do it - I think that it’ll feel pretty nimble compared to my big boat and I can’t wait to see how the skills cross over. All this whitewater talk has got me chomping on the bit to try it, and I hear there are at least 3 rivers within 2 hours of Minneapolis that are worth paddling - they open up sometime in late February, too! (And now once again I’m struck with the reality that I do, indeed, live in a very cold climate. My bubble breaketh.) Can you kayak down ski hills?
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