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The wife and I decided to take our first paddle in our new kayaks. I checked the generation report for Beaver dam and saw they had not started the 24/7 discharge reported last week. We put in at the dam and paddled to Houseman. It had been a while since we were in kayaks and we had to relearn several things.

It was a beautiful day and the river is in good shape. No discharge when we put in, but when we went to pickup the second car I noticed they were generating. Of course the rise never caught up with us.

Two pictures to share. The first is looking back up stream at the long deep hole below Parker. The second is one of the new boats. The wife wanted something small and manuverable. I wanted something stable to fish as well as to paddle with her.

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Only thing that marred the trip were the PWC riders (8 of them!) and the cabin cruiser (24 feet!) that cruised by near Houseman. The cabin cruiser actually put water in my kayak.

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zhoyt:

Thanks. I had assumed the Corps had, once again, decided it knew more than the rest of us. In the mean time, one more weekend of tourists were happy.

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Today was the first paddle. I wanted to see what it was like on a several hour trip before I took it on a serious trip. I will fish it within the next week.

I bought the boat at dynamic earth in Springfield and I love it so far. It appears to be everything I wanted.

As of now, I have not tried to stand up. I may have mentioned before how clumsy I have become as I have neared 60. Let me assure you as a former athlete who played competitive collision sport into my 40's, I am disgusted.

Based on today I want/need: a paddle holder; a waterproof bag; more work out on my shoulders.

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