Just turn on your computer. Log on to the Internet and click your way to a colorful assortment of outdoor-travel Web sites. Everything you need to plan your next water adventure appears, right at your fingertips. Daydreaming just went digital. While it may seem ironic that a box full of buzzing wires plugged into the wall has any relation to the joyous squawk of wild birds or the roar of a gushing river, you might be surprised to learn how perfectly suited a computer can be for connecting you to the great outdoors.
Boaters can log on and chat with other boaters about water levels or gear or whatever.
It is the perfect place to be when you can't be on the water. Many Web sites include information on a wide array of sports, everything from snowboarding and snowshoeing to skydiving and hang gliding. Web sites containing how-to articles and FAQs receive the most hits and the most positive feedback, she says, because they are useful to so many people. We appeal to all levels of paddlers. More and more and more people are logging on to the Internet for information.