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Watertrail: The Hidden Path Through Puget Sound [Paperback]

Joel W. Rogers (Author)
3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)


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May 1998
Following the Cascadia Marine Trail--the first nationally designated saltwater trail, stretching from south Puget Sound to Canada--Rogers sets off on a 360-mile paddle to investigate how nature and habitat coexist with industrial growth, how Puget Sound has changed in the last 50 years, and how he will survive one month in his kayak. 80 color photos.

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Joel Rogers's beautifully photographed Watertrail chronicles his 26-day, 440-mile sea kayak exploration of the Cascadia Marine Trail, the pristine water-bound route through Washington State's Puget Sound and San Juan Islands. Rogers closely scrutinizes the waterway, which is as much a Northwest icon as the apple or evergreen, investigating the relationship between ecosystem and industrial growth. But Watertrail is much more than an environmental impact study: the photographer-author embraces the region's diversity, paddling with orcas and oil tankers and camping beneath coastal old growth, all the while capturing the sights with vibrant photographs. Following the equipment-laden "Boato" in the wake of passenger ferries and factory trawlers, we learn about early settlement, tidal incongruities, and the nutrient-rich Puget Sound waters. Rogers also rubs elbows with locals who inhabit the Puget Sound coastline: he celebrates the Fourth of July in Port Townsend, a salty town filled with utopians, iconoclasts, poets, and eccentrics, an eclectic mix who are bound by their love of water. Throughout the journey, Rogers' thoughtful prose and intimate images convey his passion for kayaking and a strong sense of place. --Rob McDonald

Product Details

  • Paperback: 124 pages
  • Publisher: Sasquatch Books; 1st Printing edition (May 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1570610959
  • ISBN-13: 978-1570610950
  • Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 9.4 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,150,730 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific!, November 3, 1998
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If this doesn't get you out on the water, then you have no heart for adventure! Filled with sumptuous photographs and spare, yet reflective, prose, Watertrail is a gem. Rogers has written a rare combination of "how to" and "the glory of it all." Here's everything you need to undertake your own waterly adventure.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Nice Photographs, Just Ignore the Text, August 1, 2004
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I picked this book to learn more about kayaking around the Puget Sound, but was immediately turned off by the pretentious tone of prose. Although the pictures are fatastic, the narrative oozes of self-satisfaction and is full of dropped names that do nothing to enhance the tale of the kayaking journey.
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The scenic details of Budd Inlet revealed themselves in all their early-morning glory: ragged lines of pilings from long-ago mills, the rotting keels of beached boats, and the Capitol dome rising over the town of Olympia. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sunset camp, trail site, water trail
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Puget Sound, Cascadia Marine Trail, San Juans, South Sound, Point Roberts, Washington Water Trails, Budd Inlet, Lime Kiln, San Juan Island, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Hope Island, Whidbey Island, Admiralty Inlet, Deception Pass, Pickering Passage, Stretch Island, Yellow Island, Vashon Island, Case Inlet, Coast Guard, Georgia Strait, Jarrell Cove, Jones Island, Tacoma Narrows, British Columbia
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