Thoughts of a Sprite

Thursday, August 19, 2004

OUCH

Short and brief... We kayaked the Salmon river, unscathed, white water and all. It was a blast, we did somewhere between 12 and 17 miles (it was 12 by vehicle, and that was a straight shot.) So maybe we got a little cocky, or maybe they need to rename this creek. We figured we did the big bad Salmon river how bad could the creek be, right? We looked at it on the way up the mountain, and it didn't look too bad. OMG was I wrong. I wasn't in the water five minutes and my kayak flipped. That was not soooo bad, and when the kayak wasn't submerged we actually had fun.... Then we get to this 150 yard (or more) down hill run, that I spent out of my boat banging off rocks as my kayak is upsidedown, with me floating behind it.... I am one huge bruise.... I get all beached on the bank with my Kayak lodged between two rocks (completely full of water) and my paddle is back up stream oh I dunno like fifty feet, stuck in the rocks.

I look back and here comes poor Larry in the water following his kayak. He beaches across the creek More like roaring river, and has to go fetch my paddle, because I am unsure as to if anything is broken... WOW, we get my kayak out of the water, and Larry hands me the cell phone, and just then his uncle pokes his head over the guard rail (we are parallel to a roadway,) and asks if we're okay... Feebly I say "no" I have never been so happy to hear anyone's voice ever! We were rescued!

I will tell yall about the awesome ride we had yesterday, but this was a little more interesting... We are on our way to Niagara so I will check in later! Toodles!!!

shes_a_sprite @ 4:39 PM.

1 comments

Rachel said...

:) heheh...I am glad you are having fun as well, but easy with the kayak. ;)

6:30 AM

*OUCH*

OUCH