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Steventy
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North Vancouver, BC
Canada

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 Posted - 05/02/2011 :  05:30 AM  Show Profile  Reply to this posting
We went for a simple paddle in our inflatable "kayak" on Alouette Lake. We got a good look at a pair of nesting Ospreys.

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exscape
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Outdoors addicted flyfishing, skiing, snowshoeing, hiking car crooner and resident motormouth

Da'Wack, BC
Canada

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 Posted - 05/02/2011 :  10:42 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
How nice to get a little personal with the Ospreys. I love watching them fish. Allouette makes a great paddle
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Rented Mule
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Utah's canyon trekking,deck chair packing desert explorer who dreams of visiting Canada someday


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 Posted - 05/02/2011 :  11:56 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Way cool!! Nice pictures. I am going to kayak 11 miles down stream on the Colorado
River starting right below Hoover Dam. Next Spring. ahhh.. I miss the peace of being on the water. I miss me sailor days.....
Lucky you. I rarely see any living creatures in the desert hiking.

Gearhed
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Vancouver, bc
Canada

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 Posted - 05/02/2011 :  3:55 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I would call 6hrs in a Tahiti Classic as being epic. Looks like you were tracking fairly straight in the current - kudos. Osprey shots are awesome!!

LeadBelly
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 Posted - 05/02/2011 :  7:02 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
nice pics, trusting on an inflatable perhaps though, or at least i would be nervouse lol
the upper lake through the narrows this time of year you can see some neat little avalanches too

Steventy
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North Vancouver, BC
Canada

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 Posted - 05/14/2011 :  6:51 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Thanks all.

The Tahiti Classic is pretty safe, although it is slow and cramped. It has multiple inflatable cavities so the entire thing won't pop at once. I trust it more all the time and it's definitely a good option for getting out on the water a few times a year. We've had it up to Silver Falls in Indian Arm and had no problems with barnacles.


That said, I did manage to break the skeg on this Alouette trip while doing some "whitewater" kayaking down Gold Creek to avoid the portage. Next time I take it in a shallow river, I will have to remember to remove the skeg.

KARVITK
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Happy go lucky, plaid wearin, postholin, safeway gaitor sportin, old-school film shootin, giver of many regards

Abbotsford, B.C.
Canada

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 Posted - 05/14/2011 :  7:29 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The osprey shots are awesome indeed.

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