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2 hours ago, Frederick Goodman said:

What is the weight?

A lot more than my Volan!

4 hours ago, Jim Snyder said:

Prudence wins the thingie!

One of these days we'll paddle together and can exchange then.  Thanks!

56 minutes ago, Jim Snyder said:

I now have an extra one of these size large that I don't need. Free to anyone who is interested.

Are you talking about the easy off thingies?  If so, I'll take!

A number of us have talked about keeping the tradition of the WLP's going.  They will likely resume with some regularity some time in May.

Prudence

Not bothering to give answers in white or any other color.  Just know I scored 100% plus bonus points 😁🤪👍.

Totally easy!  Except in bonus points department can't do first initial of last name of individual on far left.

I, of course, am up for 3d Peeps, but on the other hand part of the joy is seeing how quickly they disintegrate.  All survived EBP 2024.

Oh man!  Wish I could join you, Gary, but I have family in town for the wknd 🙁.

Jim, I just looked at the Odiorne parking reservation site and it looks as though all weekdays are marked as “not available” while wknds you can book, which kinda makes it look as though it's not open weekdays yet.

And apologies to those who can't make it Sunday.  We had really hoped for Saturday but, alas, the weather gods and bunnies were not on our side. 🙁

The Weather Gods…or perhaps it's the Weather Bunny - NOT smiling on us.  Saturday forecast is for sustained winds over 17 gusting to 30  So, unless there's a miracle from on high, or from the rabbit burrow below, I think we can count on Saturday being a NO GO.

We're going to see what Sunday holds (when I know some folks aren't available)…but it's not looking terribly promising.  We'll update tomorrow.

Perhaps we should organize an Easter egg hunt somewhere, or a nice brunch on Saturday if we get shut out?

Prudence and Janet

Glad everyone had a nice day and a bit of bounce.

Can,t make it 🙁.

47 minutes ago, JaneC said:

I'll be with you in spirit as I will be in Bonaire for Easter this year

I guess the Bunny won't have to work too hard on your Easter forecasting!

Janet Lorang and I will be organizing this year’s traditional NSPN Easter Bunny Plunge.  Easter is early this year, but hopefully the Bunny in charge of weather will bless us with good conditions.  We hope to be able to get out (and get wet…as in Plunge!) on the day before Easter (or possibly Easter Sunday itself if conditions markedly better).

So find your rabbit ears, think about what chocolate or jelly beans you might want to share with the group, clear your calendars and save the date!

Feel free to express interest here…and we’ll plan to post formal trip notice the week of - when we can see the weather forecast.

Prudence and Janet

Interested…again if conditions hold.

Wow!  What a day.   I was thinking of you all and wondering how the day was going.  Now I know!

Sorry, I mostly only know the pictures that I'm in, or the really obvious one, or the big private island owned by the family of a long-time friend (that is nice enough to let us ordinary mortals land on a small portion of its Caribbean shores…). So, Nancy, lead on!

16 minutes ago, Jody Harris said:

What a fun and delicious evening. Sue, thanks so much for organizing and bringing a carful of party gear. And to everyone: it was great to see and chat with you and you are all fabulous cooks!!

What she said!

 It was a really great time…good food, friends and convo!  Those of you not able to make it, you were missed…and you missed an excellent evening!

Great shots!

I,ll bring pizza.

Nice!  The sound of the moving gravel must have been lovely…if it wasn't drowned out by the pounding surf.

Carl is definitely still THE Guy!

Thanks for the scary account, Joe.  You sure got my attention.  Practice, practice, practice.  I'd probably be better off spending pool time extracting myself from my boat various ways than "working on my roll,” which at this stage of the game will likely never be any form of reliable. 
 

Prudence

Fifteen of us celebrated the New Year with the now traditional paddle in Boston Inner Harbor.  We gathered at the Little Mystic all season boat ramp in Charlestown, posed for a photo, then launched under cloudier-than-forecast skies 

We paddled out under the Tobin Bridge,

then paddled along the many piers lining the harbor.  Seems every time I've done this paddle, there's been the same very large catamaran boat docked.  Always thought…What would it be like to paddle under it….but never did.  Until this time, where the likelihood of an unexpected launch seemed pretty low. 
 

The view from inside…

We then had the opportunity to address, if not ultimately answer, the burning question: How many kayaks long is the USS Cassin Young?

After a cold stop for a quick lunch in Fort Point Channel, where most of us stayed in our boats  in a largely futile attempt to stay at least marginally warmer, we kept on to the Institute of Contemporary Arts, where we gathered up for a two pod crossing of the harbor over to the Nantucket Lightship in East Boston.

Finally, we paddled along the increasingly gentrified shore of East Boston, which does feature the best views of downtown Boston across the water

until we crossed over again and headed back down the Little Mystic to where we'd started.

It was a beautiful, if colder than a number of us had anticipated, day.  But the sky finally cleared after lunch and those of us who'd been cold warmed up and probably could have continued on longer than we did.

Many thanks to David, Joe, Bill, Mike, Janet, Stephanie, Jeff, Nick, Ali, John, Barb, Diane, Jane, Eran, and Ricardo for a really fun start to 2024!

Prudence