O.K. I know what you’re thinking.  Don’t worry, it’s been said before.  Some folks do call them kayak condoms and worse, but on the other hand it’s always wise to practice safe sea kayaking, right?  So if you’d like to try your hand at slightly off-color sea sock jokes, please feel free.. I’ll be in the other room reading, “The City in the Sea” by Poe….

…. There open fanes and gaping graves
Yawn level with the luminous waves;
But not the riches there that lie
In each idol’s diamond eye-
Not the gaily-jewelled dead
Tempt the waters from their bed;
For no ripples curl, alas!
Along that wilderness of glass-
No swellings tell that winds may be
Upon some far-off happier sea-
No heavings hint that winds have been
On seas less hideously serene….

Done yet?

Now, where was I? Oh, that’s right, Sea socks…   Continue reading →