Wednsday Night Paddle

I don't know what the weather Gods see in us...because.. They blessed us again!!! The impending gloom and obvious doom...Turned into a paddlig perfect picturesque setting ... to add to this scenario...No one had a camera!!! We saw many Blue Herons guarding their nests.. heading into " the loop", we encountered a cool like mist on the river..We visited the Haeger Pottery and started back. On the way back, we paddled up , Beatrice Creak... It was cool as everyone did the limbo under the bridge...We have to name that bridge !!!..Janis Jopin saw this coming..." Fish are jumping and the river is easy...." One person sweared they came face to face with one of those " aquatic animals ",,it could be true as Jo-Jo wasn't there..

Another Awesome Wednesday Night Paddle

Thanks to Bill,Dan,Dan,Dan,Dan...Did I get them all ? Darria and the first time he was tardy... Doug

Thanks for sharing the river with me

See You On The Water

Joe

Wednsday Paddle 5-19-2010

Driving into Voyageurs , I was a litle worried when the first boat ramp I saw
had a barricade stating " BOAT RAMP CLOSED ". Continuing down the river , our
put-in had a blank barricade..Assuming it had been turned around... I noticed
that the other side of the barricade , was blank as well!!!!!... The odor of
white paint eminated from the barricade...note to self...buy white paint.

9 paddlers were in the water a little after 6. The river was as high as the late
Richard Pryor on any given day. We were a noisy group as we paddled up river. We
received edification on ,name recognition , kayak racing ,camping and many other
World Saving topics

We then saw a HIPPOPOTAMUS AMPHPHIBIUS on the river.... Joe Carey has pictures
and will post them for you non-believers.

We were ok with the wild life scene untill...that IDIOT Yes.... " That Guy "
.... started his chase of AQUATICAL ANIMALS...

In a splintered goups we all took in the Elgin Castle ( south of I 90 ).

Thanks to Bill, Darria ,Doug, Doug, Jim. Joe, Jo Jo and...... WHY do you have to
always be last ????? PAT !!!!!

Thanks For Sharing The River with me

See You on The Water

Joe


Joe and his regulars really make you feel welcome. A superior level of camaderie added to a new location to paddle with an ice cream social after. Life is good.

Joe Carey

Wednsday Night Paddle starrng Joe Miras with Special Guest Star Dan Leight

If there can be an Army of One, there can certainly be a Navy of 2. The Navy Band played ( Actualy, a Baltimore Oriole sang ) as the Minesweeper and the PT Boat left the harbor ( Actualy, my Chessie and Dans Whitewater Boat).. We were escorted on to the river by the The Blue Angels ( Actualy , several Red Tail Hawks )..We then encountered our first mine ( Actualy, an empty can of corn )..we diffussed that enemy and moved on. We saw several enemy planes ( Well , Actualy , ducks we could not identify ) . We found another mine ( Actualy, a basketball ) and diffussed that as well. We now were in need of a little ... R&R....We decided on visiting the bawdry Port of Beatrice ...( Actualy,we paddled up Beatrice Creek)..Dan is quite a party animal as he won a Limbo Contest in a local saloon ( Actualy he went under the bridge ). We went up river , scouted the area , and difussed a few more mines ( Actualy, a soccer ball a basketball and an object we could not identify)..On our return trip we were glad to see 4 Tankers refueling our posts ( Actualy , Herons returning to their nests)..We then radioed in to say how great the weather was..With the bay in our radar ( Actualy, we were close to shore ) we heard the growling of thunder...The rain came down and our crews scrambled for cover ( Actualy, I got to use the hood on my new rain jacket ) ( insert smiley face here )..We then ported, the rain stopped and the band played again...and that's the truth.

Another excellent Wednesday Night paddle

Thanks Dan

Precision Paddle Spring 2010

Precision Paddle Doug and Steve K showed up for this paddle proving themselves tougher than the average paddlers. Conditions were not the best for paddle practice or were they? A small lake always has a calm side this made great for sweep practice. One side was great for broaching practice. The other was just plain fun crashing in to the waves. Thanks to Steve and Doug for braving the weather. Would write more, but I am going back out. Can’t help it I love this stuff. Joe Carey

Wednsday Night Paddle

The flotilla left Voyageurs at a sharp 6:21. We paddled into a massage like wind,.. that propelled us into our own individual ...ZEN... of the river. ..... Except for Bonnie and Clyde in a canoe.!!!!.. . Who invited this duo??... Who were they running from in a canoe????... Why do they paddle in circles???.. ..UMMMM ....back to the ZEN .....We spooked a few Herons off of their nests, saw a few fish jump and heard a chorus of Baltimore Orioles. I heard one of the members of our group " saw one"...But it could have been another silly wildlife Holloween prank, ...lack of Zen ...or that spinning motion we saw... you can also plead Freestyle!!! or back to the..... ZEN,,, There was a short excursion up Beatrice Creek. Someone did their first limbo underneath the bridge.!!.Obviously no spiders today!! We had the unique experience of having a Consumers Guide Investigater come to see us..They wanted to check out the claims of a certain 2010 Canoecopia bought boat could take a Crash Test it..IT DID !!

Thanks , Bill, Dan, Darria, Doug, Linda,JoAnn, Pat, and Tom
For sharing the river with me

See You On The Water

Joe

Lake Geneva Spring 2010

Lake Geneva is one of my favorite places to paddle, and Sunday's trip was another great one. Seven paddlers met me at Linn Pier with surprisingly good weather. Based on the forecast in the days preceding the paddle, I wasn't sure what was going to happen but the only chance of rain was in the morning and it was sunny. The winds could have picked up in the afternoon, so we chose to cross to the north shore and enjoy a tail wind into town, followed by a sheltered return along the south shore.

We were on the water at 10:00, and after crossing to the north shore we headed east through The Narrows. At around noon we stopped at Big Foot State Park for lunch. Surprisingly the bathrooms weren't open for the season yet, and there were no facilities at the launch site either. I don't remember that being the case before and this paddle has been the first Sunday in May for the last few years. After the science lesson (Joe teaching us how to move a cloud of gnats over someone's head), the fashion show (Sarah's new storm cag) and my sad attempt at a dessert to share (I had to _buy_ cookies this time), we headed back along the south shore but not before paddling under some of the docks along the way. Our good deed for the day happened when we rescued a racquet ball from drowning, several times…

Plans involving spring weather are usually not much more than a guess, especially if expecting the wind strength and direction to follow the forecast. However, this time it all worked out and we not only got the benefit of a tailwind but hardly had much of a headwind on the return trip. Most of us were off the water by 1:30, but Sarah and Joe did another lap around the lake and joined us on shore about a half hour later. We will repeat this trip again in October and also have the fall colors to see. Thanks to everyone who joined me for a great day!

Steve



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