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| Sandy and Earl |
We had canoes and kayaks, long boats and short boats,
paddlers, one poler and one dog.
We spent most of the day dodging tubers and rafts, but you still
couldn’t have asked for a nicer day.
Once each summer, RICKA runs and “easy” whitewater trip for
experienced flatwater paddlers on the lower Deerfield River. This year, we
decided to do the 7-mile run from the Zoar Picnic Area down to Charlemont
Achademy.
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| The lone poler - Fred |
The Fife Brook Dam controls the water in this section of the
river, and timing is everything with this trip. We launched around 1:30, two
and a half hours after the scheduled release, and hit it just right.
We had 11 paddlers – two canoes and nine kayaks. Most of the
class I/II rapids come early in the trip, and everyone got through with no
problem. It took us about 3 hours to finish the run down to Charlemont. On the way home we stopped for BBQ at
Smokey Joes – good day.
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| A little surfing |
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