Black River Rapids Float

Two canoes and two kayaks went down the upper Black River, with respectable water levels.  Matt and MikeH in boat 1, MikeM and Tom in boat 2, Guy and Tim in the yaks.   This was a 12 mile float, 50% of which was ripples, to class 1, and even two stretches of class II rapids.

Matt impressed deeply at our lunch stop by pulling out a huge bag of homebrew, and even more astoundingly, serving it out of a real beer pitcher, into real glasses. We’d all spent the morning fighting through boulder fields, so his exhortations of “drink more beer, you slackers!!” contained ominous implications.

boats (Click thumbnail for photos)