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I was also shut out. It seems the new owners give this site a low priority.

Just imagine the beauty.

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What a slob.

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Must say, the image reminds me of my usual canoe trip daily ritual of self-torture:

All me life,
I’ve sought some releases,
from my fumblin’ searchin’,
of me constituent pieces.

Some sez tis better to have it,
and not need it at all,
but when y’re havin’ too much,
oft reduced to a crawl,

through y’re scattered out goods,
y’re scattered brain reelin’ bad,
in search newest need 'n want,
ya were sure that ya had,

till then prone with exhaustion,
and a throbbin’ mind numb,
ya lay sobbin’ and bray’n,
an over-pack-muled in dumb.

And now fifty year in,
ya’d think I’d honed me technique.
Alas, I’m still this dumb ass,
cry’n my constituent piece hide-n-seek.

Gotta ask, on 75-degree Fahrenheit and above days, when humidity levels rise above 60 percent, does a single-walled Black Diamond get to be a bit, saunaesque?

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you aint’ kidding

that was on a trip up the east coast of Aus in '09. (HOT, not so much humidity)
to make it worse, I would typically start around 2am (avoid wind), meaning I had to go to sleep while the sun was still blazing down, lots of sweat.

btw, where does all the diverse talent in this ‘off the wall’ (canoe/kayak) forum come from

  • how do your ‘words’ come together - the brain must format them somehow
  • amazed at the talent and skill that made all of those Greenland paddles (@roym)
  • so many more (builders, designers, artists, etc)

don’t ask me mine, there isn’t one, though I do like to paddle

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Seems to be ok now.

My ancestors missed this boat.

-sing

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Took a little trip to Montana for a Flat Coat Retriever competition. Just thought a week at East Glacier Natl.Park would be proper…then it snowed.

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I need a bigger boat to carry everything. My solution for hot sultry (in a bad way) days.

:laughing:

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Me thinks it takes a slightly off kilter mind to be creative! :scream_cat:

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Mine were on the original (we’re direct descendants of Governor Bradford).

And I got to ride in this replica as a kid. I was 12 when my dad took me to see it in 1962, 5 years after it was built in the UK and sailed to Boston. As it so happened, they apparently take it a little ways out of the dock and turn it around and sail back every once in a while and this was one of those maintenance days so they were not doing tours. I think it’s to knock stuff off the hull and to reposition it, kinda like flipping your mattress once a year. But, I must have done my best disappointed kid face because the crew actually let us come aboard and take the ride out and back! . They probably don’t take tourists out on it any more due to the litigious nature of the public concerning anything risky. But it was certainly a cool thing to be able to do.

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Pretty cool. The USS Constitution does an annual sail out to the mouth of the inner Boston Harbor. Cost a pretty penny to get on a commercial sail boat to accompany the Constitution out and watch her fire a 21 gun salute. Fortunately, can be seen from Castle Island in South Boston, or in a kayak (watch out for boat traffic!!!), not too far out in the shipping channel.

-sing

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Lol, we use those fans as well. They’re perfect for our full-time off-grid rigs. They’ve also been the only fan that I’ve been somewhat impressed w/ other than my expensive Caframo.

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Cool reservoir outflow water reacting to the humid morning air.



Try again.

Gunpowder Gal is steamy,
all foggy with the thrill,
hot summer morn’s come rollin’,
and through gate comes her Prettboy chill.

This Tiger Lily prowls the bank,
quarry downriver to know,
thermacline gang’s bustin’ outta rank,
green screen cashes in on flow.

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Correct, and several young cypress trees along the back edge of the quarry. Within 10 minutes, the fog burned off the mist.

something kind of seductive to me about it , that creek fun? tell us about it.

It’s uncanny that @canoeswithduckheads named the river, and suggested it’s proximity to a flooded quarry. That pictured spot is a segment of the Gunpowder River between, Pretty Boy and Loch Raven, two of the handful of reservoirs that supply fresh water for the City of Baltimore.

The river starts above Pretty Boy Reservoir. Outflow from the dam provides clean cold water that cuts a jagged course through rolling forested hills. Only short segments are navigable as the water alternately cascades over rocky outcrops and slows in the flat wider knee-deep sections. Periods of heavy flow carve out occasional deep pools which serve as swimming holes. The tree canopy keeps the water cool, making the stream a favorable habitat for trout and other game fish. Locals can find the pictured section, which has parking on either side of York Road (MD Rt 145).

The section below Lock Raven Reservoir becomes wider and more consistent. During spring rains, the river is navigable all the way to its delta where it opens to mix with the Chesapeake Bay at Chase, MD. The lower five mile section is tidal until it reaches the fall line where the terrain steps up around three feet. During peak flow, that step is a favorite spot for white water kayakers. It claimed two of our canoes.

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