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And yet, I think there is more paddling here than a lot of places out west! And sure you should say it, you pushed me to come out of lurking and make my first post! Hi all, and thank you for teaching me some new and interesting things about these fantastic products!
That being said, AZ has a lot of water, and all of it varied and interesting. Of course, some complain that most of it is man made, and they are right that it did damage the natural environment, but it's here, we might as well paddle it now, right? Hobies seem particularly well suited too since much of it is flat water. Around Prescott in particular, there isn't too much, but Watson and Willow Lakes are both right there and fairly pretty. The whole Granite Dells area is rather scenic.
Of course if you don't mind driving an hour or two, you also have Lake Pleasant to the south with quite a lot of paddle based exploring to do, Horse Shoe and Bartlet are also some desert paddling options as well. To the North, you have number of smaller lakes (Mary, Mormon, and a couple of other's who's names I can't recall right now) in the pines between Prescott and Flagstaff. If you are willing to drive a bit further, there's Saguaro Lake, Canyon, Apache, Roosevelt, the lower Salt River and several different options along the Colorado are also slow current/flat water type situations. I have also paddled on Lake Havasu, parts of the Gila, and of course getting further still (about 3-4 hours out), you have the big reservoirs, Lake Powell, Lake Mead and Lake Mojave. If you want some salt water paddling, the Cali coast is 5 hours or so away, as is the beaches and estuaries of Puerto Peñasco, Mexico on the Sea of Cortes. Most of these I have paddled at one time or the other, and all can be fantastic depending on the time of year, what type of scenery you are after, and how much you want to push yourself. While Phoenix is a little more ideal (as in a little more centralized to it all), Prescott is certainly a fine based too and not that far away from good paddling!
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-Dylan
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