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Quote of the Day (#17)They are very apt to turn over, in case one does not understand managing them...Samuel de Champlainin 1609 - on native canoe design
North Branch of the Lamoille River
Saturday May 3, 2003
Participants:
Kayak: Dave Diederich, James Raboin
Open Canoe: Tony Shaw
Organizer: Tony Shaw/Fritz Seftleber
Difficulty: int-adv WW
Level: medium low
Author: Tony Shaw
Our trio met in Johnson at 9:30, but the Gihon was (too our amazement) too low. I think there was one wedge of VT where the rainfall Friday May 2 was sparse...from Cambridge to Westfield to Swanton. On inspection following a short drive to Waterville even the North Branch was low (2 feet). But by then we were there, so there we stayed. We finished the run from the Back Rd. covered bridge all the way to the covered bridge on Church St. below Waterville. It's been a few years since I've run those ledges. I didn't paddle as well as I should have (thank God for drysuits!). I kept crashing into barely submerged rocks at the bottom of ledges/chutes and getting flipped by them! But it was such a lovely sun-drenched day and the water was sparklingly clear and I was in the company of low-key friends...what more could you ask for?