In north central Minnesota’s lake country a couple of weeks ago. Turned out to be a good day after a cold (39 deg), windy, and misty start.
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Is The Warden your wife’s kayak? 
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Well at least he has the forum favorite bow and stern tie downs
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How about IN the car?! 
(My humble Pelican at Lake Mead…hoping to upgrade soon, whenever I make up my mind what to get, lol)
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Are those the Malone Seawing carriers? How are they?
I am putting together a Malone Ecolight trailer and I was going to order a pair of the Seawings. Seems to be the most economical saddle option, since my old Yakima Landshark saddles won’t fit on their 1 1/4" square bars. 
No, those are Kayak Wings from Great Lakes.
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Nice to have a working rear window, unlike most one-piece tailgates.
The water doesn’t look too low there 
Up until a year or so ago, that spot would have been under water. Now it’s under water again, since the lake level has gone up about 10 feet since that pic was taken. Just a temporary bounce from the massive snowfall last winter.
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Kayak no. Bicycle after a triathlon, yes.
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It made a sound like gunfire but the boats seem fine, the garage doors had some big holes
I use Malone Sea Wings with the Stinger extension and they work great. It’s very quick and easy to slide my kayaks up over the back of the car and strap them on. I keep my speed under 50mph and have never had an issue, but if I were going to do highway driving I would add something to tie the boat to the crossbars and probably add a bow line.
No thankfully 
Thanks. I’m putting together a Malone Ecolight trailer right now, and ordered a pair of the SeaWings for it.
I’m thinking the SeaWing might be a better choice than saddles anyway, since I hope to get a second boat which would be a different size/shape than my current one.
Do you actually go paddling when it’s snowing? In the past, when I lived near the SF Bay area, I did my local paddling during the winter. It was chilly but no snow, lol.
I liked that (the independently opening tailgate window) very much about my 2003 Hyundai Santa Fe. Super handy to be able to load and unload gear in the back of the car when boats are on the roof. I can not open the one piece tailgate of the current Mazda CX5 if I’m loaded – sharkfin radio aerial above the hatch hits the hulls immediately and I can’t squeeze anything bigger than a a flip flop through the tiny gap that results.
I really miss that Hyundai, quite often (5 speed manual, 2WD). If I had not bought it used and eventually realized it came with more rust on the frame than I cared to deal with and some mechanical issues from prior owner’s neglect, I would still be driving it.
Intended to get another one after replacing it with a Subaru Outback for 2 years that turned out to be one of their notorious lemons. Went to the Hyundai dealer twice and waited hours trying to snag a salesperson – finally gave up in disgust and walked across the street to the Mazda dealer and was treated like the Queen.
Mazda has been fun to drive (Miata transmission), just hit 60K with not a single repair need or breakdown and gets great MPG. But I have realized I only like boxy vehicles and hate this egg shaped wind-tunnel blob.
I don’t understand egg-shaped SUV hatchbacks with fixed rear windows at all. Why build and market vehicles as haulers, then chop off 1/3 of the possible storage volume with rounded and swept rear ends? It’s such an advantage to have a mostly square rear storage area and to be able to stick stuff out the window of my 4Runner … 12’ decking, 16’ crown molding, a boxed 11’ 6" SUP (the LTL driver was to deliver it, but was afraid to venture down my road in a snow storm), lawn & garden implement handles (tiller, Ditch Witch, etc) and more.
Except for one Mitsubishi, I’ve driven Land Cruisers and 4Runners for thirty-five years. After three Northeast winters with the Mitsu, my mechanic in Burlington (VT) said he’d never seen so much rust on the underside of a car. Well, OK then. Done with that nonsense.
