Wild Turkey Paddlers

Doug

Dr. Smoke, good to have you home. Let's have a little scotch. Sorry we missed paths before you left for Chile, I wasn't around. Great photos, who did you work with? Mr. Guppy I presume.

Doug

The great River Race is on and indeed, logistics will need to be creative. We are working with the contractors to minimize the disruption to the race. Now as soon as I can find my calendar, I'll post the date.

Doug

Thanks for adding your welcoming spirit to the Kayak Expo again this year. Watching your slideshows and videos at your booth is inspirational, the Turkeys sure do put some miles under their boats. You are a great example of what the sport can be like, friendly folks, self motivated to get skills, wh...

Doug

Thanks Pat, Sue for shuttling. Thanks Ron, Nelson, Chip and Ken for spotting today. Thanks Jordan for spotting and racing and thanks Skip and Bea for racing. Turkeys rule!

Doug

So many great places out there. One of my favorite flatwater canoe paddles is Flagstaff Lake in Maine, great open ridge hiking too, on the Bigelow mountains. This area is also home to (originally, I think) Carrabasett Ale, a mighty fine ale if you like sweet hops, not green hops like that foo-foo Ma...

Doug

Thanks Chip, Ron is on board as well. Pizza and beer Friday night.

Doug

Howdy gang, sorry, out of the loop for a while. We would love to have both spotters and participants. Let me know if you would like to help with the safety patrols by e-mailing me at douglowry@mac.com. Let's kick around some evening to discuss strategies and start hydrating.

-Many thanks, Doug

Doug

O.K. it looks like this role playing is getting a little confusing, I just hosey not to be Jim, the guy that is always wrestling hippos or anacondas while Marlin takes footage from the Land Rover.

Doug

I just can't get enough of the central coast, just beautiful. Kate, you would love it, all the elements of adventure, uncertainty, choices, etc. Traveling the coastline in April and May might bring an occasional sleet storm but opens hundreds of miles of wilderness empty of other travelers (not that...

Doug

Thanks all for joining our party last night. Standing (and dancing) room only! We had so much fun playing our new material with the expando band, two saxes, trombone, mandolin, pedal steel, fiddle, a wiz kid on piano and twelve person church choir! We appreciate your support. We have lots more new m...

Doug

My deck mounted compass is the first thing I pack before heading out on a trip. I have a Ritchie Kayaker compass S-59W, they are pricey but much cheaper than a GPS. I also use a 30 year old Silva hand bearing compass, the printing is a little faded but still works great. It might be the Trekker. May...

Doug

So Steve, I put some context around your picture.

Doug

Hey Wild Turkeys, I would like to make a separate page for the Turkeys on the Expo Site. Maybe include a brief synopsis of the club. I would also like to create a thank you corner for the Turkeys that have helped with our events in the past. Could folks who have volunteered in the past send me a pho...

Doug

Hi paddlers, our new web-site specifically for the NSRWA Kayak Expo is up, it will be posted on www.nsrwa.org or go to www.nsrwakayakexpo.org

Thanks, hope to see you there! - Roger, Paula & Doug

Doug

Roger Crawford, who as many of you know, is a local boatbuilder, shares a space with Doug Grey from Billington Sea Kayaks, I imagine they are an oasis in a sea of conspicuous consumption. If you go, I bet they would love to chat with somebody who would rather harness the wind or paddle a boat. They ...

Doug

Thanks Mark and Dr. Smoke, great job. We are working on a gathering late February or early March.

Doug

The Town Spah! There's a trip down memory lane.

Steve's photography and a visit to the old stomping grounds, sounds like a good combo.

Doug

O.K. NK, chocolate it is. I can't speak for everyone but, the photos of your trip are stunning, it would be fun to see them on a larger scale. Could you bring the charts of your trip? We have some talented photographers in this group, it would be great to see everyone's "best of 2007" or beyond. Hin...

Doug

Sounds great Mark, how about we make strombolies or calzones? I'll try to track down a LCD projector or we can hook up your TV (resolution isn't quite as good) if people bring their own laptops or CD's we won't have to transfer images which will save some time. What do we need to do to get NoseyKate...

Doug

Hey Mark, does this work for you? Can we gather at your place and if so, what can we bring? Beer, wine and single malt for sure but, I'm more than happy to bring Gumbo or something that will help feed a bunch of folks. I like the idea of seeing photos from other's trips, judging by the trip reports ...

Doug

Greetings from Patagoniajust back in from an amazing paddle around Isla Madgalena what a kayaking spot. I'm in on the gathering. It will be fun to catch up. - Doug

Doug

Mark, I'm in. Without diminishing the risk that paddling in cold water presents, I would rather paddle in the off season around here. I'm more fearful of the hundreds of motorboaters flying around in the warmer months. I've had more close calls with drunk boaters than any other ocean hazard. The win...

Doug

Dr. Smoke, guilt is a repugnant word. You are not guilty, you have made some choices. Sandals & cervezas. Paddling & snorkeling. The doctor knows his business.

Say hi to folks down there for me.

Doug

Great photos and report you all. That is a northern gannet in the photo, they winter here in Massachusetts, we see them every year on the annual Christmas count. Eiders are a common winter bird as well, you can find them in bays etc. as well as the open ocean. Kate, anything is possible after a hurr...

Doug

Wonderful picture Nelson, there isn't another paddling site in the world that has such an attractive mascot as the Wild Turkeys..... or is that a photo of one of us after a PPR session?

Doug

The 2008 NSRWA Kayak Expo will be held on March 29th this year and promises to be the biggest and most informative yet. We will have much more information available in the future. Just wanted to give people a heads up on the date. We would love to have the Wild Turkeys involved, let us know what you...

Doug

The NSRWA Halloween Paddle is this Sunday from 12 - 4 at the Rexhame Beach parking area. Dress up your boat or come in costume for this fun and very recreational paddle. We will have the grill going and there will be prizes for best costumes. For more information and to pre-register go to www.nsrwa....

Doug

O.K., a friend just sent me this, these folks would fit right in with the Wild Turkeys, maybe honorable members. Check out: http://link.brightcove.com/services/lin ... 1260615353

Doug

Your readings are beautiful Kate, thanks for sharing. It is amazing that Monarchs which weigh less than 1/2 an ounce make the incredible migration to Mexico. We've probably all seen them fluttering along just above the surface of the water as we paddle in late September and early October, even in a ...

Doug

Oops! By the way, great news Kath and Lance. Kath you must be ready to do cartwheels.

Doug

Good luck with your assessment John. The story about the wrestling trainer is scary, letting a young kid continue to wrestle after a dislocation is very irresponsible, you 've got to stabilize a shoulder after reducing a dislocation. Rest, ice, compression, elevation and evaluation, not more wrestli...

Doug

Hey cgr, a few of us canoed a stretch of the Neponset a couple of weekends ago, we put in on Neponset Street in Canton but the Signal Hill put in should be open to the public during daylight hours. The view from the top of Signal Hill, which is an easy walk from the new parking area, is quite impres...

Doug

All these opinions but, where do people weigh in on the sKEG?

Doug

Thanks Pat for posting the pictures here is a description of what they are, starting with the top one and working down. 1. Paddling over the second largest barrier reef in the world. 2. The buildings we sleep and cook in. I know, no camping, how strange is that? 3. The beach we launch from and our f...

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Todd, Todd ish that you? whatch chu shay there shunny boy? I can't hear you, I'm too bishy rememberin' the old dayshs.

Hats off to those putting perspective on things, we did get into a little navel gazing there.

Doug

O.K. all you purists out there, raise your hand if you don't like rudders, O.K. now keep them up if you own a GPS, oh, not many hands went down. How many can say they are efficient paddling in fog with current without the use of a GPS, oh now we see a lot of hands going down. My point is this, there...

Doug

Mark wrote: David - I guess you've never been on a NOLS course. It makes Marine Boot Camp look like a Sunday School picnic!

We have identified the student in the bow of the center boat and will find them and take away their Empanada privileges.

Doug

Just a question to all and not to take away from your points David, but what is a serious sea kayak? Don't let my Tesla (20,000 +or- miles) know its not serious because it has a rudder.

Doug

Steve, you have asked a question that will generate a number of opinions, remember our answers are based on our individual experience. I once had a participant join me in a workshop I was running at the East Coast Canoe and Kayak Festival. He arrived a little late because he had signed up for a work...

Doug

Thanks Pat, the text is right, except my spelling can often be horrendez. Its Golby passage and height is spelled with an e, my grandmother who was an English teacher would be horrified. John, great pictures, the seascape with driftwood on the rocks is an amazing photo. It is hard to describe the sc...

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Thanks Turkeys

A gobble out to the turkeys

You can't go wrong.

A thousand thanks, turkeys deliver again!

Yes please.

$ reward for the return of one left foot yellow boot

NSRWA KAYAK EXPO WEB-SITE

The Date for the 2008 NSRWA Kayak Expo has been set.

NSRWA Halloween Paddle

a bit beamy but, what a pie they would make