Frank and Kathy Collins invited the husband and I on a little easy white water run a couple of Sundays ago. I don't own a ww boat so I brought my Wilderness Tsunami 120. James brought his old Dagger.
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| At the launch off the C & O Canal. Frank on the water and my husband on the bank. We paddled upstream and took to the Potomac right above the "Breaks." |
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| Kathy with James in the background. |
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| James |
We ran into an older couple as we entered the side channel that took us around the Breaks on the Potomac. They seemed like lovely people and after they paddled ahead of us Kathy told me the couple is in their 70s. I want to be still paddling in my 70s, I do.
It was right about here in the trip that Frank said "Randi, I saw you do an eddy turn!" and I thought, aha, Dale Williams and the scary Elliot Cut taught me something I retained and used. Woohoo! It's a good day!
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I was not as grim as this selfie makes me appear.
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Frank and Kathy
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| James' boat emptying after he flipped while fooling around. I got to swoop in and tow him to the side when he lost grip on his boat as Frank towed it out. |
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| Although it's hard to see the Virginia bluebells were all blooming on the banks and the trees just beginning to green. |
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| Bluebells to the left on the bank |
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| You can just make those Bluebells out |
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| This is actually how I felt. It was a happy happy day. And then we had dinner at a little pizza place in Potomac with Frank and Kathy. A great way to start the week. |
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