Imagine kayaking by starlight or the wash of a silvery moon as the skylines of San Francisco and her sister cities glitter around you. If you can’t imagine that, don’t worry. Just sign up and do it. The outing is one of the guided kayak trips offered by Sea Trek in Sausalito, and even beginners are welcome to come along. Such an excursion was one of my first and most memorable paddles on San Francisco Bay.
Among the tours offered by California Canoe & Kayak in Oakland is a paddle up the gentle waters of the Oakland Estuary toward the marshes of San Leandro Bay, where you are treated to views of basking harbor seals, wading herons and snowy egrets, a host of shorebirds and occasional flights of sandpipers.
If San Francisco’s dynamic waterfront is what you want to experience…Â Details & Pictures
Taranaki’s humble Manganui skifield is the first in the country to open for the season.
Yesterday Mt Taranaki’s skifield opened thanks to a 25cm dumping of snow the previous day.
Other skifields around the country in both the north and south are still almost a month behind, with most opening in mid to late June.
Manganui ski field operators had initially hoped to open today, but got in a day early after the weather cleared up.
Stratford Mountain Club member Jack Cran said the field was opened about 11am.
“It was lovely, the wind turned south-west and it cleared,” Mr Cran said.
About 50 people took the opportunity to get a taste of the fresh powder…Â Details
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There were few signs yesterday that the sheen had been wiped from Formula One as Lewis Hamilton edged his way through the jostling throng of photographers. Under his arm was a new helmet, glittering with more than £200,000-worth of diamonds etching out the world champion’s number, 1.
On his finger was a huge diamond ring, provided by Steinmetz, one of his personal sponsors, and there was a spring in his step, the result of a couple of days’ holiday with Nicole Scherzinger… Details
Plenty has been made of the extent to which Chrysler and General Motors’ financial problems might impact their NASCAR participation, since Dodge and Chevrolet cars make up a large portion of the field — 24 of the 43 in last weekend’s Sprint Cup race at Darlington. With Chrysler filing for bankruptcy, and General Motors possibly following suit within the next two weeks, there is cause for concern.
Dodge executives have said all the right things regarding the company’s participation in NASCAR — that, despite the bankruptcy … Details