Ahhh, the ubiquitous signin list. Elaine, the trip organizer, checks us all in.
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Meanwhile, back at the dock...
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...there's a boat with wheels. Not easy to paddle, but it goes down the ramp real good....
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Lisa hugs Ananda in CCK's Jack London Kayak Center.
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Very cool shirt, eh? Designed by our very own LaRhee Webster.
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Making Waves for Women with Cancer.
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The Hobbee paddling guy is merely a stick man. But he's been peddling that boat for years with nary a break...
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The gathering of the boats awaits takeoff.
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Hi, Maria
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Just a quick jaunt under Kincaids.
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Rob and Betsy say, "Howdy".
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Sue waits patiently.
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Lisa gets into her boat.
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Oopsies, Lisa realizes that she forgot her spray skirt. Oh well, maybe next trip.... We'll do without in these totally flat waters.
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Our newest boat heading out to sea.
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Check out the perfect synchronicity.
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Heading toward the cranes. Looks like those things are something from Star Wars, eh? Turns out that they are.... Spielberg got his inspiration for Star Wars robots from the cranes.
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I'm in the peddle boat, you see. That thing MOVES!
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The tug boats come roaring on past
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Cruise Director Lisa gives Dean the Fickle Finger of Fate.
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Nice sweep, Lisa!
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The Tug Boats come roaring thru at a million miles per hour. Sue gets this one to toot its horn.
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Holy Smoke, it's the MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute) "Western Flyer" in dry dock. They usually park the boat in Moss Landing, but it's in the Port of Oakland for some reason.
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San Fran's profile looms.
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Dean's feet. Peddling away.
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Under the docks. Boy, it's spooky in here.
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Oh, cool, a container ship. Let's check it out.
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The Bay Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge in the background.
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It's big. Dang big!
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Lisa says, "On a clear day, you can see forever."
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Lisa says, "Oh, I hope they don't drop a cargo container."
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We're all considering spraypainting graffitti. Yeah, right.
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They wing these suckers around like they're matchboxes.
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A sailboat is dwarfed.
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Rafting up under the cranes.
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Halfway to the halfway point.
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Heh, Cool! We meet up with Elaine's group and everybody gives a "Paddle's Up!"
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A Cackle of Kayaks.
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Contemplating the rest of the paddle back.
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Elaine faces south, Lisa faces north, the 2 trip leaders conflab.
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What a VIEW as we approach the mouth of the estuary and face the Bay Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge behind that. These pictuers don't do it justice....
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Looks like a fake picture at a mall, huh? But it's a real picture!
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Lisa's gang paddling out to the 4 mile buoy for Support Strokes training paddle.
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A Rear View.
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Drainage pipes...
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And, there's always a joker in the bunch who tries to paddle up 'em....
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Lisa paddles into the pipe.
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Big pipe. But where's Lisa?
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The MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute) Western Flier is in dry dock in the Estuary.
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And that's all she wrote. Dean's feet keep peddling.
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