Urban Paddle, Kayak Adventure Magazine

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We often hear from a poster that wants everybody down town on the water. Well it is catching on in other places. Kayak Adventure Magazine has an article about it this month. KA is an internet based publication. 

http://www.rapidmedia.com/kayaking/categories/departments/4895-waterlines-urban-paddling.html

"It's not easy being a paddler in the city. Expensive real estate, limited boat storage, premium parking, traffic congestion and polluted waters conspire to make metropolitan kayakers feel like they're paddling against the current. Here are seven secrets to city survival, gained from years of experience battling the worst urban woes."

I always said boating was therapy.

"The key to overcoming the travails of urban paddling is to let your time on the water be a gateway to a new pattern of thought. For me, being surrounded by millions of other humans threatens to turn every petty annoyance into a personal battle: the guy who cut me off at the stoplight, the gentrifying hordes driving up house prices, the construction workers blocking the roads. It's all somebody's fault. Nature inverts this mentality; out there, it's not about you or anybody else. All you can control is your attitude. And that's calming."

"But paddling is paddling. It tires your muscles and opens your mind in the same way, no matter how urban. Whatever the headaches of getting on the water and home again, you're a better person for it."