People get fired for graphs like that one all the time. -->As kayakers, we can't fire Mother Nature, so sometimes we have to fire up some bony boating instead. I'll probably scrape down either Canyon Creek or the East Fork of the Lewis today.
Friday. Sometimes you wish you could tell the junior executive you just fired for presenting a shitty graph that your ruining of his future was all just an ill-conceived practical joke.Anticipating the worst, I was pleasantly surprised to find that snowmelt and precip each contributed a smidge to make a double-smidge of the very slightest juicing up of Canyon Creek, Washington. Laurence R. and I made it down in under 40 minutes, despite the relatively low level. We charged the 1.25 mi. flatwater paddle out across the lake and I felt well-worked after the run. I had some creative lines, kind of dicking around.
I found that the weld under my left heel on Das Frankenboot (my Bliss-Stick MAC1) didn't seem quite so bomber as I had supposed it to be. I'll contact Ernie, The Plastic Mechanic, early on Monday to see how stout his warranty is. Meanwhile, I've got a Prijon Hercules (thank you, Next Adventure!) to paddle Canyon Ck. with tomorrow and possibly Sunday, and will plan to use the same boat for the Northwest Creeking Competition 2008, unless Ernie can whip my boat into shape in short order. Hopefully, I won't regret the money I spent on his initial services...
I snapped a fuzzy picture of a rainbow over Mt. Tum Tum (a nearly-perfectly-conical cindercone that has been brutally clear-cut) on the way back from the creek. It had been a double rainbow just moments before. Given how crappy my cell phone camera is, the shabby buildings, and the wall of blackberries, I think it turned out okay. :)
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