A desert dweller provides us this month's pleasant places article. David Frisk, wife Kristen, and fellow paddler Laura, combine to provide us with an article about the pleasures of paddling several high mountain lakes, proving once again, that canoes and kayaks are where you find them.  Often this is in unexpected places, like 7,600 feet up in the air, in the mountains near Flagstaff, Arizona.
     David often paddles his solo canoe with a double bladed kayak paddle.  This provides a nice segue into looking at other unusual means of moving your boat.  Poling for example.  In our latest movie, inland waters kayak fishing, much of the kayaking involved using a pole.  It turns out to be a fascinating (to me anyway) way to have enjoy kayaking.  While the history of poling is skewed towards canoes, Native Watercraft has introduced poling to the kayaking crowd now as well with their line of Ultimate kayaks. 
     Regardless of your boating preference, I hope you will find this month's article about poling to be interesting and maybe even inspire you to pick up or make your own pole and have a go with it in your boat!