Found my kayak. The one.

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Originally Posted by lph

Ooh, yes :) And anytime you're in Norway, swing on by :p

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My friend made a similar offer last week and I'm taking him up on it. I'm driving 11 hours to Canada next month just so I can kayak at his beach house in the Thirty Thousand Islands. Don't think I won't hop a plane and check out Norway!;)

lph, I might take you up on that. I've kayaked in Alaska and it was stunning. Also in northern Quebec and that was amazing. I can only imagine the beauty of kayaking in Norway.

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Originally Posted by tulip

lph, I might take you up on that. I've kayaked in Alaska and it was stunning. Also in northern Quebec and that was amazing. I can only imagine the beauty of kayaking in Norway.

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Must be gorgeous in the Fjords. I'm going with you if you're going! I have airline miles.

Actually, I'd love to kayak New Zealand and Scotland as well.

I've done some kayaking in Alaska, Quebec around Tadoussac with the whales, and Costa Rica... Drove to florida & Maine last year for kayaking trips - lake superior will be sometime soon to see the apostle islands

Hey, if you're going to the fjords I wanna come too!

We live in Oslo, which does have a fjord as such, but not the fantastic steep mountainsides you find on the west coast. This is a Unesco World Heritage site and apparently considered one of the best places in the world (!) to kayak:
http://www.nettavisen.no/friluftsliv...cle1133253.ece
http://blink.dagbladet.no/reise/inde...Tag&tag=kajakk

Up north also has some amazing places to kayak, with mountains rising straight out of the ocean, white sandy beaches and a zillion little islands to paddle around. Only kayaked there for a few days last year but I have to go back. We stayed at this place, the "Sea nomad":
http://www.havnomaden.no/
It's a 2 day drive from here though.

Hey, I regularly post photos from my everyday kayaking on Facebook, so if anyone would like to see them, look me up through the TE page there. I'd like to see yours :)

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Originally Posted by tulip

Catriona and lph, do you know if there is a kayak forum like this TE forum (although not necessarily woman-focused)? It would be great for a beginner kayaker like me to have a resource like TE, but for kayaking.

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Forgot to answer this one. I haven't looked much for one, but I do frequent a Norwegian forum. I don't like it much for anything but pure factual information because there are too many people there who like to talk more than listen, if you get my drift. Let me know if you find a good one.

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Originally Posted by lph

Hey, if you're going to the fjords I wanna come too!

We live in Oslo, which does have a fjord as such, but not the fantastic steep mountainsides you find on the west coast. This is a Unesco World Heritage site and apparently considered one of the best places in the world (!) to kayak:
http://www.nettavisen.no/friluftsliv...cle1133253.ece
http://blink.dagbladet.no/reise/inde...Tag&tag=kajakk

Up north also has some amazing places to kayak, with mountains rising straight out of the ocean, white sandy beaches and a zillion little islands to paddle around. Only kayaked there for a few days last year but I have to go back. We stayed at this place, the "Sea nomad":
http://www.havnomaden.no/
It's a 2 day drive from here though.

Hey, I regularly post photos from my everyday kayaking on Facebook, so if anyone would like to see them, look me up through the TE page there. I'd like to see yours :)

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Oh, I'm going to the fjords and oslo! I love places with a zillion little islands. And I want to try our your husband's dex, it looks beautiful. I think you need a matching one.

I paddled in a place in Maine that claimed it had the only fjord on the east coast of the US, but it was totally lying.

I think the southernmost fjord is in Quebec, up near the Saguenay and Tadoussac. I've kayaked there, and it seemed like a fjord to me.

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Originally Posted by tulip

I think the southernmost fjord is in Quebec, up near the Saguenay and Tadoussac. I've kayaked there, and it seemed like a fjord to me.

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Mount Desert Island in Maine claims it has a fjord with the Sommes sound.

Keyword is claimed.

They have a small section of 1,000 foot high cliffs. I feel like posting pics all over the place today.

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_WfCe0A3iU1c/So...0/IMGP6692.JPG


http://lh4.ggpht.com/_WfCe0A3iU1c/So...0/IMGP6697.JPG

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_WfCe0A3iU1c/So...0/IMGP6944.jpg

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http://lh6.ggpht.com/_WfCe0A3iU1c/So...0/IMGP6601.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_WfCe0A3iU1c/So...2/IMGP6605.JPG

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Originally Posted by tulip

I think the southernmost fjord is in Quebec, up near the Saguenay and Tadoussac. I've kayaked there, and it seemed like a fjord to me.

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I think I've been there! I can't remember exactly where the fjord was, but I know it was in that area on our drive to Labrador. I know we were in Rimouski and Baie-Comeau on the other side at various points, but it's been a few years and the various trips are blurring together (Labrador, Newfoundland, and Hudson Bay). I'll have to ask my friend which fjord it was, but in the middle of February I wasn't much in the mood to stand outside and admire for too long. I remember it being super windy, so that didn't help.

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/b...g/P1000885.jpgwe have fjords in Maryland:o

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Originally Posted by NoNo

I think I've been there! I can't remember exactly where the fjord was, but I know it was in that area on our drive to Labrador. I know we were in Rimouski and Baie-Comeau on the other side at various points, but it's been a few years and the various trips are blurring together (Labrador, Newfoundland, and Hudson Bay). I'll have to ask my friend which fjord it was, but in the middle of February I wasn't much in the mood to stand outside and admire for too long. I remember it being super windy, so that didn't help.

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http://www.fjord-en-kayak.ca/PagesFr...kayak-mer.html

It's been confirmed, that's the fjord we crossed. And as I remembered, it was bitterly cold. What are the odds of that??

I'm not sure, but I think this was my view of it, which obviously wasn't very good. It was on our way up to Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._2878322_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._1756903_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._4985556_n.jpg

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http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._2009983_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._5922031_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._7821097_n.jpg

Is that a S-S...s-s-s-snake in the third photo from the top?::eek:

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Is that a S-S...s-s-s-snake in the third photo from the top?::eek:

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I was so busy watching the deer watching me, that I don't know. It could just be a branch in the water. I've only seen a snake a couple times while kayaking.