In 1998 I was camping out of my kayak on the Mississippi River off Savanna, Illinois in January. I had to put in and take out on the main channel because the usual backwaters launch was iced in. On the way downstream to my car at the end of weekend I caught a ride on the wake of a pushboat with 15 barges. I rode its wake nonstop from the campsite to my car, a little over five miles. I was carrying on a conversation with the crew of the boat, who took some pictures. I'd pay a lot for one of those. When I got to the boat ramp there was elderly couple who said they had followed me in their car on the road along the river, thinking I was going to need help. But they said my smile when I hit shore told them all they needed to know. Never had a surf nearly as good since. It's time to get to Halifax, I guess. Jim Tibensky *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Jan 11 2010 - 05:47:52 PST
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