... all ya' need is your boat, paddle and river shorts (also a life jacket - it's in the boat - don't wanna' get a fine - think it's $80)...
... for a change of pace, we dug a few old open boats out of the mothballs last weekend...
(Google Earth photo)
... and paddled upriver to an old play spot to run some laps, rock hop, hole surf and hang out in the sun along the shoreline boulders...
... boy - it sure is a pleasure workin' with individuals who you only have to show once and they run with it... by the time we paddled the half-mile upriver, while demonstrating some requisite paddle strokes along the way, these guys were forward strokin', J-strokin', drawin', sweepin' and pryin' like no tomorrow... nothin' serious, but still, a bit swift current and choppy water, with a few small playholes and eddys to catch...
... very good for their first exposure to (old school) whitewater canoes...
... a few old Royalex boats - (L-R) Nova Craft Ocoee, Mad River Outrage X and (beat up but still in good shape) Dagger Impulse...
... we posted this before, but will post it here again...
(You Tube Video)
... lest we forget Noll's simple philosophy...
Awesome!
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