On the River

At Gallup Park, the Huron River is very wide: a good place for crew practice.

Far upstream, at another park along the river, we saw these
fishermen in their waders. You are warned not to eat the fish!

Our kayak is small, but it has allowed us to enjoy a bit of fun paddling on the Huron River at various spots where the current is mild, and it’s not too hard to go both upstream and downstream. Truth be told, Len does most of the paddling. Some time I’ll manage to get a photo that includes the kayak, but I don’t like to take along a camera for fear I’ll drop it in the river.

We did stop a moment the other day to take a photo — with Len’s iPhone. You can see the boathouse for the crew team of Skyline High School with an impressive mural of a raptor. As we paddled around, we also saw the crew members practicing in single or double skiffs — keeping their distance from one another, of course. The crew teams for the other local high schools have boathouses elsewhere on the river.

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