Myakka is cool. I do the Everglades once a year and the Okefenokee regularly. Here is my mascot that rides on the bow
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Maybe they donāt like the taste of a PFD.
Arenāt you worried they might be looking for a mate?
Maybe direct experience will change this coupleās practice in the future?
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Lake Huron. Might as well be on the ocean. People have no common sense these days man.
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Yes, except:
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That logo would make a great T-shirt.
FYI, I live about 3 blocks from salt water and paddle 95% in salt water. Yes, sharks are known to frequent these waters. Yāall āunsalted & shark freeā enjoy your minimal post-paddling kayak, car, & gear clean up.
We are envious of our southern salty friends in the (six +) winter months, however!
and bumper sticker, and window sticker, and ā¦
All available at your local tourist shoppe.
I should get one to wear around Cape Cod. Maybe itāll help thin out the crowds that are packed on land because of the increasing numbers of seals and GWS in the water.
Or, share this video from a Florida beach:
LOL!
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Love how some of these guys are just standing there in waist deep water not getting out. Do they not know sharks can strike in very shallow water?
Maybe sharks are like dogs. They are attracted by movement?
Nope. No weāre not! 
Thatās ski season
Were it only true that we could get 6 months of skiing in these parts.
Alice - I usually canāt quite stretch it out to 6 months, but I have. I have to be willing to ski on rocks, though. The best years start before the end of October (pretty rare) and last until early May. Come north!
Oops - what was the topic supposed to be?
Rock skiing isnāt my thing, but more power to you. To get us back on topic, do you wear a PFD and helmet while bouncing down the rocky hillsides?
No - Iām pure cross-country (although I do enjoy the hills on the trails). I have a shirt that says āReal Women Ski Uphillā.
No helmet, no pfd. The water is fluffy.
I did, however, always wear my helmet, knee pads, elbow pads, wrist guards, mouth guard (all required items), plus hip pads during my brief roller derby career. Two years, and I kept adding knee braces, shoulder braceā¦ Itās hard on the body. A pfd might have added some useful extra padding!
Anyway, safety first! Always wear my pfd in the boats. Canāt say I always have - I grew up with the throwable seat cushions/bulky orange vests when I was a kid, at the cabin with my grandparents. And at summer camp. As adults, you just had to have them in the canoe - nobody wore them. It wasnāt until years later, when we took up kayaking, that we came to understand the importance.
I have to say, when we are downstate on the Au Sable, I see very few people wearing them. Very few. Neither floaters, trippers nor racers. I used to tuck mine under the lines on my kayak, but I like to think Iām getting smarter in my old age.
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If that shark was hongry heād have already et!
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Probably didnāt like the taste of NJ and NY retirees.
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Bacon and cannolis. Yuck