NYCkayaker Manhattan Circumnavigation

[Joe Wojak]

I made the trip with Jerry on Sunday and wanted to say thanks to him for
making this a memorable, fantastic, and well organized trip.  It was my
first time around and it was great!  I'd hope to do it again next year if
Jerry's involved!

Joe

On 8/13/06, Mo Fridlich <mofrid at optonline.net> wrote:
>
>  A rather large group of us took advantage of the ideal weather for the
> circumnavigation of Manhattan lead by Steve Blumling.
> Thank you Jerry Blackstone for the wonderful ground support. He was there
> at everyone of our stops and joined some of us for dinner.
> He is leading another group around Manhattan today and I hope his trip is
> as memorable as was ours.
> Though the weather was ideal for paddling, the rather harsh light was not
> so good for photography. Still I have posted some of my pictures from this
> event.
> For all of you that could not participate here is a virtual tour:
> http://www.mofridlich.com/gallery/album18  (easiest viewing is to select
> "slideshow" on upper right)
>
> I would like to take the opportunity to also mention that I was lucky to
> have participated in a trip to the Saguenay Fjord in Quebec Canada in mid
> July. There was 8 of us from the NY area that participated and it was
> organized by Lee Riser from the YPRC. We started by camping in Tadoussac
> were the Saguenay flows into the St. Lawrence.  Spent a day kayaking on the
> St. Lawrence to watch both dolphins and a variety of whales.
> Then we set out by car to St. Rose du Nord some 85 KM up on the Saguenay.
> From there we kayaked from 12 to 20 KM per day to designated camp sites. To
> travel the distance back to Tadoussac took 5 days and 4 nights.
> Both the scenery and good company made this a remarkable experience and I
> have a fine collection of photos for those that might be interested. The
> link is at : http://www.mofridlich.com/gallery/album17
> The highlight of this trip was our encounter with a large number of white
> Beluga whales. The feeling of having a whale swim under your kayak is just
> awesome.
> Bill Menke who also participated,  posted his photos at :
> http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/users/menke/slides/saguenay06/saguenay6_0.html
>
> If you have time and are interested, you can get a detailed day to day
> description of his trip by clicking on the highlighted "Journal Entry" next
> to his first photo title.
>
>
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