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Posted by pchippy on 2008-04-16 15:48:14 +0000

Yes? Yes?

Would anyone like to go canoeing on Saturday? The weather forecast is favorable (partly cloudy, mid-60s). My canoe can fit three people, or four in a pinch; there's also the possibility of borrowing boats from GLib's parents if enough people are interested.

Posted by pchippy on 2008-04-17 09:58:45 +0000

Lorbering: The weather forecast for Saturday has gotten even better. Sunny, and upper 60s.

Posted by pamsterdam on 2008-04-17 10:12:54 +0000

I'm salivating over here, pchippy. I'd love to go. Stupid ocean.

Posted by pchippy on 2008-04-17 15:48:09 +0000

I wish you could join us. Your adoptive country is, however, liberally supplied with waterways, and also (I'd imagine) with boats of all sizes.

Posted by pamsterdam on 2008-04-17 16:07:03 +0000

(sulking) Yes. But no pchippy. (/sulking)

Posted by pchippy on 2008-04-17 18:30:35 +0000

There seems to be minimal interest in the full 20-mile trip, which would take a full day. But I'm happy to do a 10-mile trip if anyone's interested in that.

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2008-04-17 18:33:20 +0000

On a work day? Tough call.

Posted by pchippy on 2008-04-17 18:59:07 +0000

Put in by 9 AM, take out by 1 PM? Back in the city not long past 2 PM.

Posted by G lib on 2008-04-17 20:30:07 +0000

I would do this, pchippy. I don't have to be at the Italian Wedding until 7:30.

Posted by pchippy on 2008-04-19 23:22:16 +0000

I wish more people had come along. We had a lovely time. Seven miles in three leisurely hours, with breaks for snacks, glucometer checks, portages, and scouting the occasional rapids. The first half of the trip was on narrow river with good current and lots of wildlife; the second half was on wider deadwater with a stiff headwind. We caught the 70 bus from Allston back to our car in Waltham. A few people looked at us oddly, because we were carrying paddles.

Posted by tgl on 2008-04-21 16:18:29 +0000

It wasn't the paddles. I heard a shot this morning.

Posted by pchippy on 2008-04-21 21:52:04 +0000

BQ joined me today on the section of the river between Medway, Millis, and Medfield.

Beautiful weather, and there was almost nobody else on the river. Numerous pleasant rapids on and off for the first five miles, then sluggish flatwater for the next five. There was only one really tricky place, where we had to quickly move from a right-hand channel (with a quick and powerful drop) over to the left, around a bridge pier, and under the bridge's central span. All of it went according to plan except that at the end of the bridge we fetched up against a rock and lodged fast for a while.