Reading kayker’s blogs especially in periods that I can’t do much traveling myself I always reach interesting discussions. This time is was in a post on The Lake is the Boss.

Planning a kayaking event reaching the river and finding out that the weather is not as nice as you planned. What do you do? In their case the women decided to do something else and the men waited for the storm to pass and the moment it was relatively quiet they hit the water.

So typical of gender differences? Not always experiences women kayakers tend to take more risks in fact the not so old accident in which a kayaker went to the river on a bad weather and ended up dead was to a women.

If you love reading kayaking stories as much as I do I can guarantee that you are really going to enjoy the trip story and beautiful scenes at the Gulf islands trip report.

I’ve never attempted kayaking in areas that are busy with yachts and float planes as I’m not confident enough and would probably feel stressed by the busyness and the noise. But if you’re not alone or don’t mind crossing path with a busy harbor or marine then it seems like a magical trip.

One caution though if you ever paddle Ganges Harbour. Watch out for float planes. I was amazed at the number of float planes coming and going as we paddled along. We were sure to stay close to shore as we didn’t want to become a part of their landing or take off. I would hate to be like these guys…

I’ve just realized that I can use Google earth to plan my trips!

I was reading the trip report of Michael from the Canadian Ckayaker blog who is doing a really beautiful route on the Philip Edward Island when I saw the picture of his route on Google Earth.

I’ve just installed Google Earth so I had very little experience with it but I’ve would never thought to use it to plan my kayaking trips. I think that I usually make short trips on areas that I know so I had no need for such a map before but doing a long trip it seems almost natural.

I love reading the travel story of fellow kayakers because I am a sucker for the beautiful scenery and always learn new things. So thank you Michael for this new and very helpful idea.

I know I’m supposed to tell you about the two blogs about kayaking that I found from the other side of the ocean but when I saw this picture of the transparent canoe-kayak I forgot everything else and had to focus on it. I don’t really have the $1,459.95 to pay for it but it is still a great thing to have or use.

As for the blogs that I promised found two really nice ones, the first is from the U.K and it is the story of keirron Parish of Patrick, Isle of Man.

The second one is the blog of Simon from Scotland and he and his friend Liz are doing a really special journey kayaking round Scotland to create the Scottish kayak trail. I strongly recommend following his story.

I think about the adventure of kayaking to create a kayak trail for others sounds like a great adventure and a huge responsibility too.

I hardly have the experience and the courage for this but reading a post about crossing the ocean on a Schooner in order to bring it home after the purchase I couldn’t help but fantasize about being the brave, strong sailor that takes his ship and sails from one side of the ocean to the other.

Who knows maybe one of these days.

The situation is always there, you take your kayak or canoe for a quiet day at the river and find the place full with other visitors who are more interested in having fun, talking loudly about their friends and ruining the vibes in so many other ways.

You might have experienced the situation from the other hand, planning a trip with friends and family, arriving there extra vibrant and happy just to encounter hostile looks from other people who act like you attack them personally.

I suppose that most of us have experienced both sides of the situation from time to time, the one when your the noisy group or person and the one when your the person trying to have a peaceful day meditating or just finding the personal private connection to nature.

Living with other people with different needs and desires can be rough I guess it would have been much easier if we all found a way to be around people that are synch to us most of the time.