Well I was skiing today and from the top of Calabogie Mountain the lake water still looked pretty hard. Had a damn good time though. Fresh air and clean snow and getting my legs to work for me again...

Looking forward to open water, I plan to get my kayak farther out around the mouth of the St Lawrence/eastern Lake Ontario--closest big water to me. No sense holding my breath though, it'll be awhile. I shoulda bought a wetsuit (drysuit), I could have been paddling into December--in Canada even!

OK I finally found Assateague Island...sure is long en't it!

Michelle, you oughtta bring yerself and your boat up to Kingston (ON) sometime, it's not that far from where you're at--only NY State in the way! We could paddle the Thousand Islands, or west into Lake Ontario.

In fact, anybody game for a day or two paddle in the St Lawrence/Lake Ontario area next summer?

W-O