This summer has proved to be eventful and not much accounting for them.. Here, in chronlogical order, are short recaps of the last two months of pregnacy paddling.
Wenatchee Festival was a great time with a couple of laps on the play run, Pashastin Creek and a meeting of a log in Icicle Creek. Please visit Ej's site for details on Wenatchee Fest.
Laps on the Lower Wind are no longer an option with summer low water. Before considering the run 'out' for the season, we scraped and bumped our way down to the falls to run laps. On one particular occasion, a shirt from the 1992 Olympic Lithuanian Basketball appeared on the banks opposite the hot springs. The always impressive SA Dave stupefies us all with his knowledge of the shirt before Jesus swims it into clear view. He recalled the team, the sponsor (Grateful Dead), the year etc... And then we all did what any group of beer swilling kayakers would do.. Can you wear a holey tye dyed shirt and lick your nipple through a well placed hole?? Dave can..
But I will spare you with a 'clean' picture of Lisa. (photo by Amy Shipman)
Amy dropping the first falls. (photo by Alex Day)
Alex showing us his moves. (photo by Amy Shipman)
Muwah on the second falls, four months along. (photo by Alex)
Several of us have been meeting at Spencer's Hole on a weekly basis to practice our plyaboating skills. Here is an account in pictures.
I participated in the Safety Weekend with WKCC (also recapped on Ej's site)and practiced much needed skills on the river with a quick jaunt to Newport for some surfing. Three of our surfers played a bit farther out and had the advantage of an up close and personal visit with a grey whale checking out the little plastic bobbers. Unfortunately, I had already tuckered out and headed back to the van.
Last weekend, I participated in Girls At Play in Hood River. We had a great crew of ladies on the river stern squirting and trying out our luck in the kartwheel hole above Corkscrew. Thanks, ladies. :) I appreciate the opportunity to boat with you and kart wheel on purpose for once or twice and then windowshade shamelessly!
Working on consistency!
