Stream: White River – River Road Park to 116th Street
Distance: 1 mile
Date: 2-28-07
Paddle Time: 30 minutes
Weather: 35 degrees; rain, sleet, snow; snow on the ground
This was a token trip to get in February paddle....we had set a goal in December of 06 or January of 07 to paddle at least once a month in 07. In February James had to have knee surgery so we put this trip off as long as we could, but we had run out of February.
Fortunately River Road Park has a handicap accessible fishing area along the river, so I left work early and took my tandem and James' wife drove him to the park to meet me. While I was waiting for them to arrive it both rained and snowed...within about a 10-minute period. I knew the distance was not long but I was beginning to wonder if we were going to be soaked by the time we finished.
Since winter didn't really arrive until February this year there was a pretty good snow cover on both the concrete ramp down to the fishing station and the ground beside it. Due to the snow cover on the ramp James had to go down the riprap next to the ramp, but he managed to make it on his crutches without falling.
By the time we got on the water it had stopped raining and snowing so we set off. In the photo you can just see James' crutch down in the boat. It's a really short trip, so we were only on the water about 20 minutes, but we got in our paddle for the month in spite of everything.
We had to call Anne at the end of the trip to pick up James, she said she had just gotten home when we called...it probably would have made more sense to have her drive straight there. She said she was glad we went, though, beause James had gotten a bit stir-crazy being cooped up in the house after his surgery.
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