Yesterday, 5-29-10 Tim and Susan from Beebe and I floated from Heltons Farm to Longpool. I must say it was a magnificent time. I can't find the words to describe the wonderment of the bluffs, all the areas where the water is running down the face of rocks with thriving plant life. The creek was getting a bit low but we didn't have to drag the boats at all.
At the Standing Wave rapid I was able to get my big old canoe riding the hydraulics which is alway fun to do. At the "Cascades of Extinction" (the Mother) I didn't see anyway to canoe the whole rapid due to the low water. As I was looking at the Mother rock I noticed something blue under water, I dove into the swiftly moving water and got to the other side. I swam up to the back side of the Mother. I thought maybe it is a raft. But as I got closer I saw it was a Kayak. I started moving it every which way, didn't seem to get free. At one point I held on the rope at front of the boat and I floated out in the the current, it was like body surfing. Still wouldn't come free. I wasn't going to leave till I freed it which I did. Then trying to get it to the other side wasn't easy. We managed to get it ashore. Tim and I pushed out the bend with our feet. Then I found a 20 pound rock in it. Not sure how that got in there.
We arrived at Longpool, our take out. It was a great day with great company. Moore Outdoors knows who owns the boat I found and I'm waiting to hear from him.
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