Around 1/19/2006 9:33 AM, Harry Krause wrote:
wrote:
During portions of the year, we have everything except the warm water.
We pretty much stay out of the water.
Hey! Speak for yourself, buddy!
Things we don't have a swarms of mosquitos, oppresive humidity, any
serious need for air conditioning on a boat, early summer sunsets,
manatees, overcrowded transient moorages (most of the time), wall to
wall housing and civilization around our best cruising areas, or a 30
or 40 mile run to someplace that fish are biting. :-)
Oh, and unlike Seattle-ites, we weren't living in fear of a huge
earthquake or tsunami.
Actually, that's very like us Seattleites: Most people here don't worry
much about those things either.
"We pretty much stay out of the water," would pretty much mean I
wouldn't bother with a boat.
Ah, Chuck is just a wuss.
Current water temperature is 48.4°F, and average summer temps reach
about 56°F, just in case you were wondering.
I frequently go salt-water swimming or tubing during the summer,
especially while on vacation up north. Some parts of the Canadian Gulf
Islands are quite warm compared down here in the Sound.
Around here, the water isn't a destination in and of itself, merely a
means to get to that destination.
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as simply messing about in boats." -- Kenneth Grahame
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