I spent several summers kayaking around Lake Union in my late twenties, it's one of my favorite memories. I loved paddling down the rows of houseboats like walking down the streets of a somewhat wet neighborhood. The big apartment building on stilts just to the north of all the houseboats is a wonderful place to paddle under, have a surreptitious toke, and continue the paddle out to the arboretum.
The downside is when you take a break for winter, then come back the following spring/summer, you think you still have the arm strength to do long paddles, but your body begs to differ.
The downside is when you take a break for winter, then come back the following spring/summer, you think you still have the arm strength to do long paddles, but your body begs to differ.