Way OT: Kayaks - Need Advice

Melissa and I want to buy a couple kayaks for use on flat or slow moving water on mostly day trips with an occasional 1-2 night trip. We're thinking one tandem and one solo, which will allow us to bring our son on these adventures.

I started researching them and quickly realized I needed to seek some advice. So, for those of you with experience in this area, I'd love to hear some feedback. Touring or recreational kayaks, and why? Any specific brands or models you would recommend? Anything we should know about accessories that we aren't likely to think of on our own?

Thanks in advance. Your help is greatly appreciated!

I'm a whitewater guy with extensive experience doing multi-day wilderness runs, usually in Idaho or the Grand Canyon and usually with raft support. There are some crossover kayaks now being made that might suit your requirements. See: http://www.dagger.com/products/crossover/crossover_whitewater/katana-10-4 and http://jacksonkayak.com/jk-kayaks-4/whitewater-kayak/dynamic-duo-series/ and http://jacksonkayak.com/jk-kayaks-4/recreational-touring-kayaks/karma-rock-garden/ . And another http://liquidlogickayaks.com/remix_xp10.cfm . For storage: http://www.nrs.com/product/50067.02/watershed-futa-float-bag for camera storage http://www.nrs.com/product/55412.02/watershed-ocoee-dry-duffel . I would want a kayak that has internal storage capability and one that accepts a sprayskirt for those occasional wave trains. An open style cockpit that doesn't accept a sprayskirt is fine for flat water only.

Thanks for the information and links, Don. Very helpful! I'll take a look at each link tonight.

For flat water, Hobie makes sit-on-top kayaks with a pedal propulsion system in both one and two person models.