Paul Stivers wrote in :

Greetings,

I want to introduce myself before doing much conversing here.
I’m a new kayaking enthusiast.

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Well, that’s enough intro. I look forward to conversing about
paddling with all of you, and will probably eventually paddle with
some of you.


Welcome to the group, Paul. Kayaking is not necessarily as addictive
as golf, but it can be. (You might want to warn your wife in advance,
.... or not. g) It is nice that you are getting your kids involved.

--
Darryl