Thanks everyone who responded to my "reading the water" post. I'd completely forgotten about Bonneville, and that clearly needs to be factored in. As I said DH is a tugboat operator and I've been on the boat dozens(hundreds?) of times, and am familiar with tide charts. It seems very obvious on the tug but when I'm right down on the water, it's not so easy. We were paddling in the Multnomah Channel which isn't exactly a tributary. Or maybe it is. It's a fairly large trib if it is, dh pushes huge gravel barges along it. I'm still trying to wrap my mind around the fact that the Willamette River runs north. I suspect I may be hopelessly directionally challenged. But that's why I have a GPS. Cheers, Melinda *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Sep 29 2006 - 03:40:52 PDT
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