Memorial Day

Since it was a holiday and we all had the day off, Chuck, Pat, and I decided to go for a paddle. The weather was not as good as we hoped with clouds hanging around most of the day and more wind than we had hoped for. Once we got down to the causeway we decided to go upstream against the current and a 15 mile per hour breeze. Between the two it made for a tougher paddle. In fact, if you stoped paddling for more than just a few seconds you wuld get pushed back downstream. After going a ways upstream Chuck had to turn around to get back to Pierre. Pat and I continued upstream stopping at what used to be an island along the Fort Pierre side of the river. The distance upstream was about 2.4 miles and took about an hour. After stopping for a little while we headed back. And, of course, the breeze didn't SEEM to be as strong once it was at our backs. But, the paddling was much easier and the 2.1 miles back took only half an hour. I think the distance was less becasue we took a little more direct route and probably because we never got pushed backwards.

With this 4.5 miles I am now over 80 miles for the year. Pat, of course, now has over 100 miles.

Pat waiting for Chuck to launch.

Chuck.

The island at the turnaround.