My name is JohnHaugen-Wente.
I just bought Carl’s Paddlin’, not Carl and John’s
Paddlin’ on the Yahara River just south of Tenney Park. My friends say
it’s a perfect fit and I tend to agree. When your vocation and your avocation
are the same, you are very lucky indeed. I love to talk about boats, look at
boats, paddle boats, sail boats, and build boats. My wife says that I am
hopelessly obsessed. Probably correct.
My family has lived and played
in the Marquette Neighborhood for the past fifteen years. My wife teaches at
Marquette Elementary and our daughter is a first grader over at Lapham. We live
here because of the people, the parks, the festivals, and the lakes. We spend
cold winter days ice-skating at Tenney Park. We spend hot summer days swimming
at Tenney Beach. Our local hangout is Yahara Place Park. We spend a lot of time
on the water in all manner of canoes, kayaks, and crazy sailing adaptations to
both. Life is one big grand adventure.
So stop by Carl and
John’s Paddlin’. Share your adventures, look over maps, test paddle
some boats, hang out with people who love the water. Many Buckner, owner of
WaterTrail Adventures, will be sharing space in our building, scheduling instructional
programs and trips to exotic locales. Her office will be at the shop; her base
of operations will be out of James Madison Park on Lake Mendota.
I hope to have a long, very
close connection to the Tenney-Lapham neighborhood. If you have ideas for
cooperative special events, please don’t hesitate to call me at 284-0300
or email me at carls@paddlers.com.
See you at the shop.
-John