Hi Joy: Just a note. If you are planning to take kayaks to Labrador, be advised that access to smooth water is hard to find. The norm are fast, rapid filled rivers and diminished lakes with shore lines that are long , muddy and stump filled. The trans-Labrador road was built with avoidance of water courses in mind, so the water access roads are narrow, rough and often gated. Also, the Atlantic is windy and very cold, so choose your bays carefully; wearing cold water immersion gear. Having said that, the scenery is spectacular. Oh, did I mention the dust. ;-) Good Luck with the trip. David (dsl82westy) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Joy wrote: >That's a great picture, Greg! Way cool, it definitely belongs in the >vanagon calendar or something. But it looks like you can't pop the top with >those boats up there. > >I met someone a long time ago who was in a hightop and had a canoe. He had >it attached on the side of the high part. With two boats one could go on >each side. > >I had my kayak on top, but I couldn't raise the top by myself because it was >too heavy for me. Struts are the answer for me - Kim and I have talked >about his arrangement, and it has potential. He doesn't know it yet, but >sometime before Labrador I just might have to ask him to help me install >them, unless he convinced me that it's really easily and doesn't involve >drilling more holes in my poptop. (There are already holes for the >yak-rack.) > >Oops, I guess now he knows it! :-)
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