{"id":5001,"date":"2020-09-06T15:42:14","date_gmt":"2020-09-06T20:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billheinz.net\/?p=5001"},"modified":"2020-09-06T22:13:53","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T03:13:53","slug":"9-05-2020-black-river-hunters-bridge-to-lytle-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billheinz.net\/?p=5001","title":{"rendered":"9\/05\/2020 Black River (Hunter’s Bridge to Lytle Bay)"},"content":{"rendered":"

9.05.2020 Root River (Black River Hunter\u2019s Bridge to Lytle Bay (2.5 ft\/mile )<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today marks the COVID 16 trip.\u00a0 Four more trips to go and we have beaten the COVID-19 thing.\u00a0 Today was a series of \u201cFirsts\u201d; Ladies Day (We had 50% of our crew was female), our first Boomerang Award, and the First Mark Spitz Award.\u00a0 Our day started with a full dozen paddlers, 6 newbies, on a perfect 79\u00b0 day with little to no wind and very calm waters at a comfortable 4.25 water level.\u00a0 Couple that with water temperatures still at 65\u00b0 and the day is better than ever.\u00a0 Our 12 mile trip took 3 hours and 12 minutes with an additional 1 hour and 40 minutes of break time for some socializing.\u00a0 We averaged 3.7 miles per hour due to the highly competitive paddling by \u201cFast Linda\u201d\u2014I had always heard that about her, but now I am a believer.\u00a0 I have very few pictures of her, because she was so far ahead of me I only saw her at breaks and the end.<\/p>\n

Our Boomerang award for the day goes to Pat C., for being the very first to survive and return to one of our outings, in spite of being invited by Steve Dunn\u2014congratulations Pat.\u00a0 The Mark Spitz award goes to Steve C. who loves to swim, but I take full responsibility for that, because I put him in a totally inappropriate kayak with a \u201cBears\u201d team logo on it, and him being a \u201cViking\u2019s\u201d fan simply caused too much conflict and controversy in his life for the day\u2014sorry Steve.<\/p>\n

I was able to catch a couple of pictures of some Eagles and we all got fairly up close and personal to a few of them.\u00a0 One Eagle even offered Pat C. a fish as a peace offering.<\/p>\n

I am pretty sure all of our new participants:\u00a0 Kelly, Shannan, \u201cFast\u201d Linda-who always wants to lead,<\/p>\n

Pat C, Steve C, and Kathie (who brought the other Pat C. back for his award presentation), all had a good time.\u00a0 Speaking for your hosts we truly had a great time and hope you will join us on another adventure.\u00a0 Your hosts\u2014the \u201cOld\u201d folks included; Steve, Pat, Bill, Teresa, and Me.<\/p>\n

To watch the video click the arrow and then enlarge the screen with the icon in the lower right of the screen.\u00a0 To get back to this page just shrink the page back to normal.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

When viewing the still pictures below, click on them and they will also enlarge and then move through the selection with the arrow on your computer.\u00a0 Enjoy!!<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Our music selection for today was decided by :\u00a0 Cyndi Lauper<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n