Can't say it's been a fabulous mini-vacation, as I was unable to settle yet on the right next kayak. But I did get in a couple of good paddles, despite the almost constant deluge over the past 2 weeks.
One nice paddle at Lake Del Valle in Livermore, CA, gave me a good opportunity to check out 3 Wilderness Systems kayaks. Didn't settle my question, however, as that will take more time and lessons.
The last was on New Years Eve day, with a morning paddle in the cold clear weather. I had the Foster City lagoons to myself pretty much. Just me and the birds again.
This one gave me a chance to practice with my new Gopro Hero video camera, mounted via a suction cup mount onto the bow of the kayak. Let's see if I got it more "right" this time, though there were glitches in the conversion and editing, and for some odd reason the clarity and detail is missing from this version, but not from the original. Just a quick encapsulation of a 1.5 hour 6 mile paddle that is my normal practice run. It traverses more than half the Foster City canal and lagoon system, heading south, then east from the boat park, and returning. It was cold and clear on 12/31/12 and I had the canals pretty much to myself. A beautiful morning paddle!
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