Karol, Betty, Cathie, Jan and I paddled the Shiawassee
yesterday and had great fun. About half way down (I think we were on the
water for about 3 miles at that point) there was a huge tree, with tons
of debris, blocking the river. We got all tangled up in the debris and
spent quite a bit of time strategizing!
Jan managed to slip into her cockpit and slithered carefully under
the tree. After such a great maneuver it wasn’t fair that she was met
with tons of debris on the other side and had to get out and pull her
boat through it all. The rest of us decided we had better figure out how
to get to shore. We made our way through the maze of limbs and somehow
managed to find a few spots to get out onto shore. Once on land we had
to drag our boats through, up and over more debris and downed trees. We
then lodged our boats between two other downed trees that were laying
perpendicular into the river, scooted down the limbs and slid into our
boats. WOW, it was quite a trick but off we went 30 minutes later. It
was great team work and very challenging to know we had to get through…
no choice.
The remainder of the paddle was uneventful and lovely. We rewarded
ourselves with dinner at the French Laundry in Fenton. Actually, we
just about closed the restaurant we had so much to talk about and share.
Karol’s message from this morning sums up the intensity of our
outing… “I was so tired that I left my boat on the car, walked in the
house, kissed my husband and went to bed!”
Thursday, October 18, 2012
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