IT;S OFFICIAL! I'M A YAKKER!

“they had a contest at her work and this lady won a new kayak. turns out she's anti-outdoors so buffy offered her $275 for the kayak and she accepted. it's a Liquidlogic Tuxedo touring kayak. a $400 value. it's royal blue and beautiful. it came with a paddle but i rekon i'll have to get a skirt or whatever(not sure about this). what else will i need?i tried lookin one ip online to show you all but i couldn't find a picture. it's about 10 feet long. can't wait to take it out on the mulberry!



WOOOHOOOO!”

“Sounds like fun, Stratdewd!”

“i agree! although i don't really know cuz i've never taken a real trip on one.”

“Me neither. I was thinking that maybe I could rent one and go kayaking with Mapleleaf. You all could take bets on who drowns first.”

“$100 on mapleleaf.


Sorry, tree family...”

“You're a YANKER?? hmmm, well I guess we knew that already.
lolololol!!!”

“You'll definitely need a sprayskirt eventually. A pump to suck out the water inside the kayak. Neopene gloves or something similar when paddling in cold water. Have fun out there and be careful. Also, take a course or learn how to upright your kayak when tipped over.”

“Can I have a piece of that, Bit?

Good luck on the new craft, Strat. Have lots of fun with it...”

“NEW GEAR!!!!!!!!!!! It was a very generous offer on her part...but, little did she calculate the consequences of that act.

And to encourage that thought...here is a wonderful new website for you to explore... You will find everything you will need...Congrats and ENJOY!!!”

“Hi fives to stratdewd and buffaloe babe! Welcome to the club! :-)”

“Yak off, man!”

“(chuckle)

I'll bet you look real CUTE in a skirt, strat...”

“cool.”

“....in a skirt with noeprene gloves and a yanker pump?”

“What makes you think she'll let you use it?”

“Exactly! lol, You all are gonna have to draw straws to see who gets to use it.

DO get lessons. Doing it the right way, which is not at all how you'd expect it to be, will save your shoulders and arms, allowing you to go much further and injury free.”

“what else will i need?



stratdewd
08:49:30 PM
05/28/03

well may I suggest that you lend it to ME???


ok Lyndy, lets make a plan to kayak
at Round Valley. they rent yaks.
It would be great fun!!”

“what else will i need?



stratdewd
08:49:30 PM
05/28/03

well may I suggest that you lend it to ME???


ok Lyndy, lets make a plan to kayak
at Round Valley. they rent yaks.
It would be great fun!!”

“HIC-UP”

“THANKS EVERYBODY!


yeah, we've already discussed who's gonna ge to use it. actually, it solves a problem we've had on family trips. now we can have 2 people each in 2 canoe's and the 5th person in the yak. i'm not sure it's the flippy kind, but i think it is....so should i get a helmet and a PFD(i'll look like khatru)? oh, thanks for the link stikky, i'll check it out.

off to the real world.....”

“sorry strat, but you forgot to add me to your list. An easy oversite I'm sure of on your part RIGHT???”

“lolz, you can borrow it anytime. better yet, ya'll come down sometime and we'll do a 3 dayer on the lower buffalo......”

“oooohhhhh yeah bby!!!!!!!!

I see the fall as a good time!!!!”

“I have a friend flying in from Philly on Labor Day weekend to do the lower buffalo 3 day weekend trip. Strat and I did it last year...It was awsome!!! Come on down, cause this year will be great...the famous "Dutch Oven Dave" will be floatin with us and cookin monsterous meals on the river in his dutch ovens...”

“can I rent a yak for the trip? if so then this could be a BIG BIG maybe for me and the treeman....”

“I hear there's a tributary
of the Mulberry
that's rather hairy.
Be careful!”

“There is quite a few yakkers on this site! I made a punny!! Duh ;-)”

“Okay, Mapleleaf, lets do the Round Valley Dunking! I've never been in a kayak, just a canoe, so Bitpusher may lose his money. Although the survival instinct is pretty strong in this newbie yakker.”

“how about renting a canoe first?”

“we can even camp there. you need a boat to get to the campsites. pretty nice ara too.”

“Hey Strat! You're in for a lot of fun! I'm jealous! That's one of the toys I'm planning on getting myself when I graduate from school not for another 4 years though. In the meantime, I just rent them. Have fun!!!”

“thats why I bought a canoe, so Khatru could come along. but after the last trip with him, I'd rather have bought a kayak...he whined and cried like a girl the entire time...I had to toss him overboard just to get some peace and quiet...I am going to work with him at nights on the local lake (errrr pond).”

“yeah mapes, they rent yaks too. the lower buffalo is awesome.

ya stiky, ole bucky wont be ridin with me but the boys will take him in their canoe...


man, i gotta get this thing into the water! maybe a lil test run this weekend......don't tell buffy....”