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Tom Wiley commented on mushinzencat's group 'Great Lakes Paddlers'

Two 12' Pelicans barely used, green, paddles and PFDs included $250 ea. Call Karla in Elkhart @ 574-596-8954. Hurry must sell by next week!

November 18, 2009

Willi H2O commented on mushinzencat's group 'Great Lakes Paddlers'

For some other ideas on kayaking around the area http://www.examiner.com/x-23194-Detroit-Kayaking-Examiner

September 18, 2009

rick commented on mushinzencat's group 'Great Lakes Paddlers'

this is my smallest kayak and i love it set up for a day fishing

August 12, 2009

rick commented on mushinzencat's group 'Great Lakes Paddlers'

i'm from oswego ny i paddle many local waters including lake ontaio i been kayaking 35 years off and on my first kayak was a skin on yak i got the plans from popular mechinics i believe , i enjoy fishing and camping with them now and just general ka…

August 12, 2009

Brian K VanScoy commented on mushinzencat's group 'Great Lakes Paddlers'

Hey rick, Where are you? I live in Orleans county NY. I paddle with a few people who live in Niagara Falls. One our favorites is in my back yard (Oak Orchard Creek). We start near Medina and finish near Kenyonville.

August 9, 2009

rick commented on mushinzencat's group 'Great Lakes Paddlers'

hello anyone paddle lake ontario area?

August 8, 2009

pat sneath commented on mushinzencat's group 'Great Lakes Paddlers'

Tom, great pictures, those log jams are something else, You sure looked worn out after that trip.

July 2, 2009

Tom Wiley commented on mushinzencat's group 'Great Lakes Paddlers'

Need a partner for a kayak paddle this Sunday Elkhart River South Branch in Noble County. Early morn and could take most of the day with some portaging around small log jams. Please reply if interested

June 26, 2009

mushinzencat commented on mushinzencat's blog post 'Trip Report - 03/01/09 on the Little River Raisin'

Hey Chris, That's a lot of Portages and bugs. LOL. You sure that's where you want to spend your vacation? I use this product from National Georaphic TOPO! Back Roads Explorer Provides Topographical maps of all 50 states on 18 CD-Roms - a bargain at…

June 14, 2009

chris williams commented on mushinzencat's blog post 'Trip Report - 03/01/09 on the Little River Raisin'

Do you know where I could maps of the raison river from Brooklyn to Lake Erie? I would like to paddle the whole thing in two weeks, but would like to get some maps if at all possible.

June 13, 2009

mushinzencat added a blog post

Trip Report - 2009 South Bass Island Kayak Rendezvous

June 9, 2009

Tom Wiley commented on mushinzencat's group 'Great Lakes Paddlers'

P.S. anyone want to join us?

May 25, 2009

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What kind of Paddling are you into?

Sea Kayaking, Flatwater (Lakes and mellow rivers)

What boats do you own? (kayaks, canoes, rafts, etc.)

Venture Skye 17
Old Town Nantucket
Old Town Adventure XL139
Coleman Ram-X 15 Canoe

Favorite place to paddle?

Great Lakes

Most memorable paddle?

Georgian Bay - Ontario, Canada

How long have you been paddling?

6-10 years

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Trip Report - 2009 South Bass Island Kayak Rendezvous

WOW - First off, Huge Thank You to all the Organizers. Once again I had a fantastic long weekend at this event.

I've said it before - I'll say it again - you owe it to yourself to go and experience SBIKR. Every year it falls on the second weekend after Memorial Day. You might as well start planning now to go in 2010.

Thursday 06/04/09

Checked and printed out NOAA forecasts - check.
Checked in on various Boards - check.
Packed up gear and clothes, sea kayak - check.
Hit the road - check...

Go… Continue

Posted on June 9, 2009 at 8:30am —

Trip Report - Lake St Clair was somewhat peeved that day...

Saturday May 16th, 2009

NOAA and the other forecasts promised that the rain would leave the area by 11:00am. SpecterMike and I agreed to meet up at Metro Beach Metropark at 12:30pm.

When we got there it was still raining a little. We launched from a dirt ramp used by the sailboarders just west of the concrete jet ski launch. We paddled out into a light sprinkle and strong s/sw winds of about 15-20mph. I didn't like the look of the weather as we had a storm cell coming up on us from the… Continue

Posted on May 18, 2009 at 12:05pm — 2 Comments

TR - Mike Buys a Kayak

First off - an apology. I forgot that I had turned down the picture file size on my camera as an experiment. (Upload times have really been s. l.. o... w....) The pics attached to this TR aren't as good as I'd like. After looking at this batch, I returned the camera to the previous settings...

Secondly - thanx to everyone who has helped out and/or suffered through my efforts to help my friend, Mike, get a deal on a used sea kayak. Stand down troops, mission accomplished. It is very gratifyin… Continue

Posted on May 4, 2009 at 9:24am —

Saturday 04/18/09 Chain of Lakes - Pinkney Recreation Area, MI

Here is a link to Google maps:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=100250373628526636384.000467c09ca473cdb2ce1&z=13

It was a beautiful day Saturday.

My friend, Mike, wants to get back into kayaking. Starting about ten years ago, up until about 4 years ago, he used to go out to Point Pelee and rent kayaks to paddle around the point. Now he misses it and wants to buy a kayak and get into it big time for a hobby... (Hmmm, don't know why that would lead him to t… Continue

Posted on April 20, 2009 at 8:38pm —

TR: North Maumee Bay - This Is What Happens When I "Think"

Saturday March 21st, 2009.

Of course I was running a little late... Started loading my kayak and found that I needed to tighten up the overhead rack on my truck. This was after trying (unsuccessfully) to convince Nephew Gabe that he wasn't too sick to paddle a little...

So I arrived solo at the put-in (DNR Boat Ramp off Algonquin St. in Erie, MI) at 1:15PM not 1:00PM. Saw a guy there who was readying a Prijon Kodiak... Said "Hey, how ya doin'... Where ya goin'..." Stuff like that. Thought mayb… Continue

Posted on March 23, 2009 at 10:57am —

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At 7:24am on April 21, 2009, don peters said…: OK i will thanks alot !

At 7:12am on April 21, 2009, don peters said…: i would like to go have to see whats shaken that weekend!! the waves were pretty big out there last friday i might be under boated, with my pungo 100 ! but im a good swimmer !! ROCK OUT WITH YOUR KAYAK OUT !!!

At 7:23pm on March 26, 2009, KrazyKayak said…: this Guy can Read a map .. well he is great to paddle with..

At 5:48pm on March 3, 2009, Stroking-da-yak said…: Hey how do you like your Easky? i ordered a 15 and there also ordering some 17 to so i can pick the one i want