hey /out/, I don't post here often but recently I've decided I really want to start kayaking and canoeing but I've never done either and I don't really know where to start, can I just go to a sporting place, buy a kayak, and find a body of water and paddle away? or do I have to register it with the state, get a special licence, etc? where am I allowed to kayak? can I do it in state parks? my friends and I are planning a lot of camping trips around idaho, utah, and colorado so I'm trying to learn as much as I can. do I need to take a kayaking class to not drown? honestly it seems like the kind of thing I could master pretty quickly on my own, but idk.

tl;dr: how do i into kayaking?