1. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is a brilliant premise.
2. that's really all I got tonight.
May 31, 2012
May 30, 2012
Quick Random Notes For May 30
1. Playboat fits inside new car no problem.
2. No I do not need a kitten. No I do not need a kitten. No I do not...
3. Irradiated Tuna is damn tasty.
4. Mark G. dislocated his shoulder on Sec. IV. Hate having another friend in the Shoulder Club.
5. My kindergarten teacher, and cousin, passed away. Very sad. She was such a sweet lady.
6. Don't wait until it's too late to tell someone you love them.
2. No I do not need a kitten. No I do not need a kitten. No I do not...
3. Irradiated Tuna is damn tasty.
4. Mark G. dislocated his shoulder on Sec. IV. Hate having another friend in the Shoulder Club.
5. My kindergarten teacher, and cousin, passed away. Very sad. She was such a sweet lady.
6. Don't wait until it's too late to tell someone you love them.
May 29, 2012
May 28, 2012
Fun Stuff 2012
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| Below Powell Falls |
Jan 7 Upper Locust ("Wagon Wheel" section). Level 3.5ish? air temps upper 60s. In the Riot Magnum. With Paul E and Rundell. Jan 8 went to Mulberry putin, level 6ft and rising and a storm coming, so I declined.
Jan 21 Duck River. Air temps 60s though it went down to upper fifties as the afternoon progressed - not in weather forecast either. In the Riot Magnum. Level low (no gauge). The Duck is slated to be dammed after which the whitewater section will be flooded, perhaps under a lake. With Silent Jim, Vander and Mark G. Pics HERE.
Jan 15 Locust. Level 4 ft or so. air temps 50's. In the Riot Magnum. With Ben and Austin. Got a combat roll without nose plugs after flipping in the rapid above Ender Hole.
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| Sweet Ben and my Warrior Dash Horns |
Jan 22 Calvert Prong. Air temps upper 60s. In the Riot Magnum. Level low, Locust at 6 ft. With Spelunkologists and K1chik. Pics HERE and HERE.
Jan 28 Upper Mulberry and Mill/Murphy Creek. With Team V, Joan S, Chuck N. In the WS Project X for Upper Mulberry and in Joy's WS Diesel for Mill/Murphy Creek. Mulberry level 3 feet on the bridge, air temps in the upper 50's.
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| The Slot, South Sauty Creek |
Jan 29 South Sauty Creek. In the Riot Magnum. Level approx 20 inches, Town approx 750. With Dane W., Andy and Lynn, Silent Jim. Air temps in the lower to mid 50's. Ran The Slot, sneaked Bonecrusher, dry hair day.
Feb 2-5 Ski at Sugar Mtn. on Friday, Hike and hang out in Asheville on Saturday, Hike and Paddle at NOC Slow Joe Wave on Sunday.
Feb 11 5kBR Race. 30:57. Then Graves' Cave with Randall and Karen.
Feb 18-19 Grotto Getaway. At Paint Rock Valley Lodge. Pics HERE.
Feb 24-26 NPFF. Pics HERE.
March 3 - Upper Mulberry. Level around 5 feet. In Mary's Dagger Crossfire. Slalom races were post-poned due to level. With Joan S. and Mary M. Waited for Mary to complete downriver race. We started late and took off just before dark. Banquet and Halo Effect movie, campfire and sleeping in my car... air temps in 50's with cold wind, night it got into mid-30s.
March 4- Mulberry. After watching some of the slalom races. Level on bridge was just under 2.5 feet. In WS ProjectX 56. With Joan S., Rundell C.; saw Halie and Tara TNT on the river. Air temps in 60's, sunny gorgeous day. Island at Training Wheels was under water, and Lunchstop looked bigger than I remember for this level. I am curious if the bridge correlation has changed.
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| Me, Rundell, Joan |
March 11. ALF. Tellico. With TeleDave. Level was 576 cfs in the morning, which on boating beta was listed as 2.3, and on wrww was correlated at 2.7 (my guess). Great level.
March 14-18 ACA Kayak Instructor training/certification with Kent Ford. Mulberry, level around 1 foot, in the Magnum. I was certified Sunday as a Level 4 instructor. I am very proud of this as it was one of the most challenging things I have ever undertaken.
March 24-25 Locust Fork race.
I was a spectator Saturday. Joan, Julie and I practiced rolls and strokes below the finish line at the course. Sunday I raced K1 womens cruising and placed third. Air temps 70's.
April 1 Ocoee. In the Hyside Paddle Cat with Wendy. Then a second lap in a demo Jackson Fun Runner 60 with Ben. Saw Kenny and Shirley as well. Air temps 70's.
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| New Fozzie |
April 6 Tellico. Middle Tellico 1.7, in the Riot Magnum. With Andy and Lynn, Bill D., Nancy C., Christine B. and Kathy from Nashville. 2 combat rolls sans noseplugs. Then late lunch/early dinner at the Crab Trap/Tellico Pavilion. Great day. Air temps upper 60's/low 70's, we wore drytops and shorts. Video: https://vimeo.com/39933491
April 11 Roll Practice. At Joan's on Choccolocco Creek. With Joan, Lynn, and I forget his name... Air temps 60's.
April 13 New Car/Guitar with Charlie Soul Band at Daniel Day Gallery
April 21 ERA Wavesport Nantahala Open/NOC Demo Days. Joann brought masks from Ecuador and we paddled the falls wearing them, and won a prize at the party. I was in the Diesel 60. Also paddled the new WS prototype creeker, the new WS crossover boat, and demoed a Pyranha Loki at the Slow-Joe wave. Air temps upper 60's
April 22. Ocoee. In Jenni's Mamba 7.6. With Ry and Jenni in the Demo Dynamic Duo. Air temps mid 50's... brrr.
April 29 Ocoee. In the Riot Magnum 72. Lesson with Juliet from ERA. Great day!
May 3-6 SERA.
May 10. Anniversary of my Mom's passing. I can't believe it was a year ago.
May 12 I Ain't Skerd Workshop. In the Riot Magnum 72. Level - well, the Upper was releasing for the first time this season. With instructor Juliet K. from ERA. With Mary M. and Juliet E. Did Whiteface Boof and caught eddies in Tablesaw. Great clinic!
May 19-20 Boaterchick festival. Pics here. Saturday, Nantahala level 3.6 in the ProjectX 56. One roll at the Falls. Then roll practice with Gretchen and Mary at lake Fontana, with surprise instructor Ken K. Sunday Ocoee normal release in the Magnum 72. Rolls at Slice n Dice and below Cats Pajamas, swam at Flipper trying to do the Watauga move to the river right eddy.
May 26 Ocoee Hometown Throwdown. At Slice n Dice. In the Project X56. High lower 90's, water level had the Upper flow. Woke up with a tummy ache and almost blew off going up. Website had the event starting at 3; I got there at 2:30 and it was almost over, for some reason they had changed the time. But they let me get in and take my turns in the hole. No warmup, no clue... Rumor has it that I actually won the 'cougar division' that Christine B. and I made up (women's masters I guess) but I'll believe it when I see it in print, as I was tired and had just floundered around in there. I then had the joy of swimming after my last playboating "turn", after 6 roll attempts, and watched my boat go down the left side of Moon Chute. I sat on a rock for awhile contemplating life... maybe 10-15 minutes? Then 3 nice gentlemen noticed me over there on my rock and 1 helped me swim to shore, where I walked down the eddies and avoided poison ivy whilst two of them went to retrieve my boat. I waited at Double Suck for Christine and her crew. Christine said she had assumed I had left with another group when she didn't see me paddle back up after my last turn. No worries...We had a great rest of the day. Spent that night at River Rats with Ben and paddlers from the Nashville area, great times... Mark N was there, and Marty, and Winston and Christine... and Chloe the Bassadach. We had chili dogs and homemade icecream and smores, and there were fireworks, just a few and not too late, and they were very good ones.
May 27 Hiwassee. In the Project X56. High lower 90's, two generators. With Ry and Jenni, and Rundell; also folks from the BCC and GCA. Lots of spinning and surfing. I also found a rattlesnake crossing the road on the "back way" from River Rats to the Hi. Pics HERE.
May 30 Roll Session at Pell City Lakeside Park. With Larry D., Joan S. and others. My first visit to this great site for rolling practice!
April 11 Roll Practice. At Joan's on Choccolocco Creek. With Joan, Lynn, and I forget his name... Air temps 60's.
April 13 New Car/Guitar with Charlie Soul Band at Daniel Day Gallery
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| Me and Rick playing at Daniel Day Gallery |
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| Chilling at the ERA Wavesport Open Party |
April 22. Ocoee. In Jenni's Mamba 7.6. With Ry and Jenni in the Demo Dynamic Duo. Air temps mid 50's... brrr.
April 29 Ocoee. In the Riot Magnum 72. Lesson with Juliet from ERA. Great day!
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| K1Chik and I showing off our Born To Knit tattoos from UrbanGypZ.com |
May 10. Anniversary of my Mom's passing. I can't believe it was a year ago.
May 12 I Ain't Skerd Workshop. In the Riot Magnum 72. Level - well, the Upper was releasing for the first time this season. With instructor Juliet K. from ERA. With Mary M. and Juliet E. Did Whiteface Boof and caught eddies in Tablesaw. Great clinic!
May 19-20 Boaterchick festival. Pics here. Saturday, Nantahala level 3.6 in the ProjectX 56. One roll at the Falls. Then roll practice with Gretchen and Mary at lake Fontana, with surprise instructor Ken K. Sunday Ocoee normal release in the Magnum 72. Rolls at Slice n Dice and below Cats Pajamas, swam at Flipper trying to do the Watauga move to the river right eddy.
May 26 Ocoee Hometown Throwdown. At Slice n Dice. In the Project X56. High lower 90's, water level had the Upper flow. Woke up with a tummy ache and almost blew off going up. Website had the event starting at 3; I got there at 2:30 and it was almost over, for some reason they had changed the time. But they let me get in and take my turns in the hole. No warmup, no clue... Rumor has it that I actually won the 'cougar division' that Christine B. and I made up (women's masters I guess) but I'll believe it when I see it in print, as I was tired and had just floundered around in there. I then had the joy of swimming after my last playboating "turn", after 6 roll attempts, and watched my boat go down the left side of Moon Chute. I sat on a rock for awhile contemplating life... maybe 10-15 minutes? Then 3 nice gentlemen noticed me over there on my rock and 1 helped me swim to shore, where I walked down the eddies and avoided poison ivy whilst two of them went to retrieve my boat. I waited at Double Suck for Christine and her crew. Christine said she had assumed I had left with another group when she didn't see me paddle back up after my last turn. No worries...We had a great rest of the day. Spent that night at River Rats with Ben and paddlers from the Nashville area, great times... Mark N was there, and Marty, and Winston and Christine... and Chloe the Bassadach. We had chili dogs and homemade icecream and smores, and there were fireworks, just a few and not too late, and they were very good ones.
May 27 Hiwassee. In the Project X56. High lower 90's, two generators. With Ry and Jenni, and Rundell; also folks from the BCC and GCA. Lots of spinning and surfing. I also found a rattlesnake crossing the road on the "back way" from River Rats to the Hi. Pics HERE.
May 30 Roll Session at Pell City Lakeside Park. With Larry D., Joan S. and others. My first visit to this great site for rolling practice!
May 26, 2012
Drowning Doesn't Look Like Drowning
Some good advice and information. Everyone who recreates on and in the water needs to read this. "Drowning is almost always a deceptively quiet event. The waving, splashing, and yelling that dramatic conditioning (television) prepares us to look for, is rarely seen in real life."
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