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<DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Paddling around Terminal Island is a real change of scenery. Fun if you have not done it before. You go under 4 bridges.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Dave</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=mikebodeusa@ca.rr.com href="mailto:mikebodeusa@ca.rr.com">mikebodeusa@ca.rr.com</A>;<A title=ckf@paddlewise.net href="mailto:ckf@paddlewise.net">ckf@paddlewise.net</A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thanks, Mike for posting this. Paddles in and around Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbors offer some fascinating <BR>sightseeing!<BR>Ann<BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR></DIV>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Mike Bode <mikebodeusa@ca.rr.com><BR>To: ckf paddlewise <ckf@paddlewise.net><BR>Sent: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 1:30 pm<BR>Subject: [CKF Info] Long Beach to Cabrillo, pics and TR<BR><BR>
<DIV id=AOLMsgPart_1_60cbe37a-a590-412b-b455-d4f6302462ee>Hi Paddlers!<BR><BR>Patrick Martin and I paddled from Long Beach to Cabrillo (and back) yesterday. Check out pics and trip report: <BR><BR>Pics at: <A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://gallery.ckf.org/thumbnails.php?album=275" target=_blank>http://gallery.ckf.org/thumbnails.php?album=275</A><BR><BR>Long Beach to Cabrillo Beach, June 1, 08<BR><BR>Neither Patrick Martin nor I could remember anybody having posted a trip report about a paddle from Long Beach to Cabrillo Beach. We had started talking about another “connect-the-dots” paddle and this one would add another leg to our California coastline resume, which, after this weekend, now extends roughly from just south of Point Conception to Alamitos Bay.<BR><BR>Patrick opined that there was probably good reason why we’d never heard of anybody doing this particular trip before, and we both had some trepidation about it. We
expected foul, polluted water, the penetrating odor of oil, exhaust fumes, and guano, and heavy boat traffic that would make us constantly have to scurry out of the path of one oil tanker, car carrier, or garbage barge to another in an energy-sapping exercise of life-or-death escape maneuvers. And the usual strong westerlies that would come up in the afternoon would certainly make this a grueling day paddle that we wouldn’t want to repeat.<BR><BR>But none of this turned out to be true. Although the South Shore Launch Ramp where we put in required a little forbearance in terms of floating trash, water quality, and personal amenities, it served its purpose. Patrick and I got there around 7:30, despite having gotten lost on the way a couple of times, paid the $10 parking fee, and, by 8:20 were on our way. We passed the Queen Mary on our way out Long Beach Harbor and also paused to marvel at the immense cruise ship moored just next door. <BR><BR
>Our pace was leisurely and we stopped often to look at the sights the
harbor had to offer. We were both particularly intrigued by the flocks of red, white, and blue California Harbor Cranes all neatly lined up in rows, noisily feeding on the countless containers that were being moved in or out of wherever it was that they had to be moved into or out of. Contrary to our expectations, everything we saw in this industrial landscape was surprisingly neat, clean, and orderly. The whole horizon, as we paddled along, seemed to be a huge layout of some giant child’s brand new Tonka Toys.<BR><BR>Soon we came in sight of Angels Gate lighthouse and we headed out toward it. We stopped, took some souvenir pictures of this beautiful, old structure, and then continued on to Cabrillo Beach where we finally landed shortly after 11:00am. It had taken us about 2 ¾ hours, which was not bad considering our many stops to sightsee.<BR><BR>After a 45-minute break, we got back in our boats and headed back to Long Beach. We had s
ome help from a slight breeze from the west for most of the way and, just like the leg out, we encountered almost no harbor traffic at all. It was about a 16 NM paddle, roundtrip, with all our detours and meanderings, a longish trip for us, since neither of us has managed yet to get back the good conditioning we had built up last year.<BR><BR>After loading up, we adjourned to a local eatery for burgers and shortly afterward, refreshed and strengthened, got back on the road for home. We had car pooled, and, since Patrick was driving, I for one had a very relaxing trip home.<BR><BR>What a nice surprise this trip was. Though not a “Beginner Paddle” because of the distance, potential winds and harbor traffic, it’s an entertaining change of pace with lots to see for folks with an eye for industrial art and an appreciation for the day-to-day workings of one of the world’s busiest seaports.<BR><BR>You can put this trip on your calendars!<BR><BR>Mike Bode<
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