Sea kayaks offer much of the feel of recumbent
    bikes and trikes:

    
--You sit low with your feet out in front
    of you, and watch the ground or water go by while you are close
    enough to touch it.

    
--The non-motorized experience can be very
    quiet, so you can be attuned to the natural sounds of your surroundings;
    it can also be adrenaline inducing (e.g. rapid descent, high
    waves.)

    
--It is more like wearing your vehicle
    than sitting on it or in it. Or to use another simile, it is
    like an extension of your body.

    

    
The bike bridge at right, part of the Spruce
    Railroad Trail, spans a cove on Lake Crescent on the Olympic
    Peninsula.

    

    
Sea kayak 
heading under the 
Spruce Railroad 
Bike Trail bridge




    

    The Spruce Railroad Trail follows the trackbed
    of a railroad constructed to haul out spruce for building airplanes
    in World War I. The war ended before the tracks were ever used.
    Now the bike trail follows uses the old grade along the roadless
    west side of Lake Crescent.

 

    This bike bridge, a short detour from the
    railroad bed, spans a deep cove of emerald water. The trail then
    follows close to the winding water's edge and then returns to
    the railroad grade. The old tunnel through the rock cliff is
    currently being refurbished for cycling.

    



    
 

    
The lake and trail provide a great opportunity
    to explore this section of Olympic National Park in easy recline,
    whether in a kayak or recumbent.

    


    
(I took these pictures before getting
    my trike.)