John Fereira wrote:

FWIW, I've been participating on usenet for 21 years and have always posted
under my RL name.

One my flight back to the US, I flew over Labrador and had my nose
glued to the window. Looks like a very interesting place to paddle.
Anyone with experience there?

Check out a book called "Rowing to Latitude". In it, the author and her
husband row (he paddles a kayak for some of the trips) the coast of
Labrador, as well as several other expediations including most of the
coastline of Alaska, the Yukon river, a good portion of Greenland, the
entire coastline of Norway, and a circumnavigation of Spitzbergen. Even
though the author rows (a boat that was converted from a Necky Amaruk tandem
kayak), the book is well written and it sounded like Labrador was one of the
most enjoyable expeditions.

I actually have the book and read it a couple of years back. Thanks
for the reminder - I will go back and re-read it. I recall that they
did not like Greenland very much because it was so trashy (who would've
thought). And I loved the ToughLuckKabloona wedding vow.

The interior of Labrador looked awesome. I also read the Davidson &
Rugge book Great Heart. Of course, one would like to avoid the death
by starvation experience. It does look like a place that someoe could
go and get lost for a while.

The ice was off most of Hudson Bay with some still in parts of James
Bay (NW side mostly) and some off the NE coast of Labrador.

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As for naming, you were actually one of a number of r.b.p people who
inspired me to use my RL name in my usenet newbie days. I think it was
the high number of "real people" who made the group as strong as it was
for a while. On the flip side , it has to be remembered that both
Scottt W. and Tim I. used their RL names too.

Blakely
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Blakely LaCroix
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

The best adventure is yet to come