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Susi Johnston's avatar

A newbie on Substack, I was haphazardly looking for like-minded souls and found this. I grew up in the Pacific Northwest; the daughter of a 1960s kayaker who become one myself. By 1995, with some solos and first-paddles in Asia and America under my sprayskirt, I somehow got landlocked in Indonesia with three neglected Feathercrafts for more 20 years. But I'm back in the Northwest, and not too old to a roll a loaded boat, so your post inspired me, and I thank you for that. It stirred up deep stuff as I read every word. Now I have tears in my eyes, and my heart hurts.

I can't recall if I might have met Paul Caffyn back the 80s. 90s. Maybe at a kayaking confab, the RGS or some other society somewhere. I wonder if he knows Craig Peterson, a contemporary paddler from the Seattle area who based out of my backyard while staging his 1992 solo from here to Juneau on the *outside*, along the Pacific coasts of Baranof, Chichagof and all. Dyer, the Broze brothers, or Gronseth . . .

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Norman J. Stringfield's avatar

Oops, let me try this again. I know I can type better than this!!

As you know I have said I was looking for a small kayak now that the Lusty Slogger is no more. However, I think I will confine my kayaking to the small rivers and creeks of Central Florida. I will be overcome with mosquitoes and alligators so I will have adventures galore. I just won't freeze to death while doing so! Although heat stroke is not out of the question!

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