Adventure Kayaking - Trips From The Russian River To Monterey (Paperback)

~ (Author) "When I told a friend the title of my book is Adventure Kayaking: Trips from the Russian River to Monterey, he said: "You're on target!..." (more)
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Product Description

Explore the coastal lagoons, bays, and esteros from the Russian River to Monterey Bay, plus inland Tahoe, Mono, and Pyramid Lakes with this book's 24 kayaking adventures.

Most are daytrips, but some can be done as overnights. Accurate maps show the water routes and distances you'll paddle, where to camp, and how to get to the put-in and take-out points. For kayaking newcomers there's information on kayak rentals and guided trips. Newly updated.

From the Author

With 20 years experience of sea kayaking off the central coast of California and in many of its bays and estuaries, I took twenty of my favourite trips and turned them into a guide book. The routes are from the Russian River to Monterey, and several of the major lakes inland to the east; Mono, Tahoe, and Pyramid lakes.

I cover how to get to the best places, where to put in, tides and seasonal factors, where to camp and find supplies, where to rent equipment and get professional instruction. There are accurate maps for every trip in the book.

Adventure kayaking has a five star rating on Amazon.com. It is full of drawings of wildlife you may see on your trips. Every chapter has a sidebar story that's quite adventurous, including on in which I set my kayak on fire while leading a trip for an editor of San Francisco Magazine. She was with me to write about my "paddle birding" program. The book is updated with every reprint: What's most likely to change is the restricted use of areas that are becoming too popular, such as Elkhorn Slough.

For more information about me and my books, please visit my website.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Wilderness Press (October 4, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0899972152
• ISBN-13: 978-0899972152
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #726,372 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well worth the price. Great info, enjoyable read., August 5, 1998

By	[e-mail] (Native Seattlelite temporarily in Berkeley) - See all my reviews

If you've never been to the sites listed in Adventure Kayaking, Jenner gives the info a kayaker wants to know to make an informed selection: Clear accurate directions to the put-in sites . Comments on winds, tides. Suggested paddle routes. Maps. Notes on the presence or absence of power-boats and picnickers. Where to camp. What a joy to read a guide book, go to a place and experience no major surprises!

Jeneid's writes beautifully of natural features and wildlife encountered. Clearly he has a love for birding. If you are a kayaker and a birder, then I highly recommend this book before you plan your next outing.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellant information packaged with interesting anecdotes, March 6, 1998

By A Customer

I checked this book out at the local library and thought it was so valuable that I bought my own copy. My only complaint is that I wish the book could of been bigger so more trips could be included. I had already done some of the trips in the book and I found the book to give not only a fair representation of the area, but I learned a few new things.