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This week has been less than optimal. There's the usual work stuff, okay, but outside of that my mind has gone off on one of its spirals, the kind of spiral i haven't been on since the Finding Clothes For An Ogre Debacle of April 2024
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One thing that appeals to me about sea kayaking is that it can be expeditionary. People who enjoy it load up their kayaks with camping gear and go on multi-day tours around different islands or along coasts, fjords and so on. That excites me the same way cycle touring does - the opportunity for adventure! I know people also do that with canoes, but multi-day canoe/portage trips tend to be multi-person whereas kayakers tend to go solo. Closest thing i saw in the US is shantyboats: https://peoplesriverhistory.us/project/history/ although I also met a guy who canoed a bunch of the Missouri with just his dog, which sounded pretty awesome.
Practically speaking, i also live on an island whose inland waterways are mostly rice paddies or dried out creeks that turn into roaring torrents when the rain comes, so there isn't really as much option for calm lake or river paddling. (Honestly not sure if Taiwan is the best place for sea kayaking either, although the indigenous people of Taiwan canoed all the way to Madagascar and New Zealand starting from here, so it must be possible.) I've seen a bit of dragonboat stuff here and there, but yeah... not really expeditionary. For some reason i haven't figured out, seems like reservoirs are shut down to public access here, at least for watersports. Quite different to how things are in North America where every damn lake is a fishing lake and/or filled with leisure boaters. I think US would be a great place to take up kayaking or canoeing!
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The multi-day trips do sound appealing. One reason I've held off on buying a kayak for lakes around here is because there are only a few close(ish) places to go, and they are generally packed with people.... so it seems like it would be less fun after only a few times out. I don't know. I keep going back and forth on it.
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