Re: [Paddlewise] trips

At 01:43 PM 7/2/98 +0000, "BRADFORD R. CRAIN" <brad_at_mth.pdx.edu> wrote:
>
>
>     Discussion on this list is listing heavily towards technography 
>lately. Anybody have any trip reports to balance things out?
>     Brad Crain
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if you can handle a long one, involving canoe touring, whitewater canoeing,
and sea kayaking, it should be done by the end of the weekend...

and here's a short report today:

Wet-n-Wild ... not a porn movie ;-) but a girls scout's senoir project was
today. the initial details can be found at:
http://www.diac.com/~zen/cpr/pleashlp.html

there were about 30+ girl scouts, 10-14ish yrs old, divided into three groups.
we all met at lonetree reservoir at 8:30 this morning. cool temps, 75oF or
so, and a strong breeze, so rather pleasant. 3 members of the RMCC provided
"perimeter support" while the instructor gave the girls brief instructions on
canoeing fundementals.

the first group was blown 1/4 of the way across the lake, and concerns were 
raised about the group "drifting" too far away. the instructor made a point 
of clarifying with the subsequent groups where the boundaries were, and asked 
us [as support] to confine the paddlers to this area.

many games of "dead fish polo" were played, and the weather cooperated for the
rest of the day anyway. we didn't have anything but a gentle breeze after the
first group... the view of the rocky mountains was fantastic, the temps never 
got roasting, and nobody went swimming, although the last group was mostly a
family, so the polo game turned into how much water can you splash on each
other!!

my daughter, jessica, paddled her aquaterra spectrum, while i paddled my prijon
yukon expedition. we had the chance to paddle emily's family sea kayaks as well.
i have never paddled the aquaterra scimitar, or "sealution" before, so that was
quite a bit of fun. i didn't like the seat to the scimitar, but the boat was ok.
i could see why the sealution [plastic] has such a following [or as near as i
can tell, it does!!]. it was pretty stable, but you could heal it over until
the combing [sp?] was underwater for a leaned turn.

ok, mini-trip report & boat review ;-) next?!!

mark

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