Re: [Paddlewise] trips

At 06:23 PM 7/2/98 -0400, "Larry Bliven" <foxhill_at_shore.intercom.net> wrote:
>
>
>hi Brad   
>
>>  Discussion on this list is listing heavily towards technography 
>lately. Anybody have any trip reports to balance things out?
>
>Last weekend there were severe thunderstorms with high winds and lots of
>lightening on friday nite. i paddled Chincoteague Bay, Maryland on saturday
>morning and found two new PFD's in a marsh that was 15 miles from the
>closest marina... one had a toy critter attached...can be described as
>*Mighty Moose* - half-man and half-moose. biting flies are coming into
>season here, so we will have to pay attention to time of day and wind for
>choosing sandy beach landings... that problem will be addressed tomorrow.
>
>where you been paddling?
>
>bye bye bliven
>
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i've been paddling all over the state [of colorado!!] and much has been
enjoyable!!
every year, for the national "river clean up day" the RMCC cleans a part of the
platte river through downtown denver, or at least through the denver metro area.
this year i found a stuffed "tazmanian devil" the warner bros cartoon
character!!

there are three ways to "run" a river, faster than the current, slower than the
current, or floating at current speed. when my partner and i got to one of the 
big drops on our section, we were going slower than the current... in an
aluminum
canoe. we had no speed whatsoever, and instead of plowing through the
curling wave
at the bottom, we hit it and stopped, due to lack of inertia. the wave we
hit was
just under derek's armpit. i saw him lift his arms, and his lower half just went
out of sight as the water rushed around him and filled the boat.

as we hit each wave the boat got lower and lower in the water. it finally sank,
but we kept it from tipping over bracing at about eye level ;-) more like chest
level, but quite funny. we were laughing so hard, we finally just stood up in
the titanic, and stepped out. as we swam the boat to the shore, our compatriots
came over to our rescue, but we waved them away, saying "please rescue the
devil,
and the balls" --- we have a dog at home that loved "river flavored" tennis
balls.
and i had found about a dozen balls of various sizes and colors, which all were 
floating away as we sank the boat!!

so much fun --- "so many rivers, so little time"  ;-)

mark



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