Canoe/kayak rental is from the Waterfront Activities Center, which is way down at the end of the stadium parking lot. On the water's edge, of course. That's basically next to the arboretum.

So when are y'all gonna come up and see the library?

Fair chance I'll be there in the week between Christmas and New Years.

Do the UW libraries still use Willow or have they gone over to one of the vendor OPACs? Willow, which was designed in house is still the best OPAC I've ever used (in terms of search power and options) but the last time I walked through it looked like they were using Innovative (which sucks, sucks, SUCKS).

Yes! That's the place. You rent a canoe then paddle like MAD to get across the channel and not get hit by big boats (difficult when you don't have the hang of canoeing quite yet) to the arboretum. Once there, there are Canadian Geese who will eat blackberries out of your hand. They eat them whole and have these little downward moving lumps in their necks. Quite entertaining.

I love canoeing. We've also done it on Lake Quinault with loons and river otters.

I actually know the surrounding nature areas of Seattle and Northern WA better than I know the City.

I'm not sure what they're using now, but it says UW Libraries is the copyright holder. I don't have a problem with it, so it's probably not one of the commercial products, if you know what I mean.