mharrison

Hi Dan, my husband and I can't make this first camping trip, but would love to go on one later on if possible. We've only kayak camped once, on an island in Moosehead Lake, but have done lots of car camping around ME, NH and VT.

Interested!

I don't recall, does REI have either WiFi or a network wall jack, so that we can bring laptops? If they have network jacks in the wall that work, I could bring a small 5port switch and network cables for other people to also use (I work for a small IT shop, so can bring a limited amount of gear).

My husband Scott and I are in! But yeah, that 9am start time is going to make it rough, as we're an hour South of Boston.

Where in RI? I/my husband could possibly pick them up and bring them to the pre-easter plunge tomorrow for you.

Oh, I'm not looking for this paddle to be 'fun'. I'm thinking it's a pre-season test of our gear with the advantage of being with more experienced paddlers. Plus, sometimes 'fun' is when you look back at an event, while during said event it's a slog paddling/hiking/snowshoeing through mud/rain/snow/below-freezing weather. I just don't want us to hold the group back. In the past 2 years, we've done a 16 mile roundtrip, 10kn+ headwind with rain paddle from Cedar Point to Chapmans Landing in Stratham, NH... and a paddle from URI's Bay Campus across to Jamestown Island, sheltering behind Dutch Island over 2 miles in 2'+ non-breaking slow-interval broadside waves. We finished each paddle exhausted. Each was a L3, but in different ways.

As a paddler who's between a L2-3, a more sheltered paddle on a cold, rainy, windy day would be preferred...

My husband and I are in. Will be our first test of our cold-weather gear, even though we've worn/brought it for early mid-May in Maine paddles.

Any cost to attend this? -No, we're not going to Jewell. We're looking for Lvl 2-3 trips. -I don't see a Solstice paddle on the calendar? -Yes on dinner.

In 'normal' conditions, is this more of a Lvl2 or Lvl3 trip? I can handle 15k winds and 2' waves... but not sure for 1.5 miles. I can handle BCU 2* conditions for a while, but 3* tires me out quickly.

My husband and I might be interested.

I'm assuming water conditions require the use of a dry suit for that time of year? I only ask because it's the one large piece of kit that my husband and I don't have yet.

Depending on the date, my husband and I might be interested in going.Would it be suitable for 13' sea kayaks?