So last weekend I’m up at the East Race whitewater course paddling and I got inspired. The worst part about the East Race is that it is half a mile long. It’s short for paddling, but when you get to the bottom you pick up your boat and carry it a half mile back to the beginning. Usually the limitation paddling there isn’t getting tired paddling, but getting tired of carrying your boat back to the top. Well we saw that some people had made little sets of wheels to attach to the end of their boat to pull the boat back up. So obviously I’m thinking that this is a great idea. So Sunday morning I go to home depot to get what I need to make my own set of wheels for my kayak.
So tonight I start working on it. First let me say that I’m not a master craftsman. I can build stuff, but it tends to be more functional than pretty. I also tend to take rather odd approaches to stuff and there isn’t really a good work bench here at the house (Wing has it buried). So it’s a miracle that I didn’t cut off a toe or something. So I get this thing put together and try it out. I can’t say that I’m satisfied with the results. I guess it works, but I’m not sure it’s going to work like I was thinking it would. I guess there isn’t really a good way to transport a 55 lb creek boat. I need a smaller boat.
The real killer is this. For Christmas I’ve been asking my dad to get me tools, recently power tools. I don’t have a great need for them now, but I figure I can use them to help others and then I’ll have all the tools I need for when I get my own house. So I get them as gifts for Christmas over the years instead of buying all of them at once. So today I used my circular saw for the first time. I managed to avoid cutting off any body parts or cutting the cord (don’t laugh, I’ve done it before. OK, you’re laughing anyway). However, I went to put it back in the case and I couldn’t figure it out. I spent 15 minutes trying to figure out how to get it back in the case. I looked at the directions to see if it told me, or at least had a picture. Finally I figured out how to get it back in there. Sometimes I’m almost brilliant.
So yeah, Purdue called and they want my engineering degree back. Think about it folks, I design the roads you drive on 
All this so I wouldn’t have to carry my creek boat half a mile just to paddle down it again. I really need to scrape together the money for my Super Star
But I think I’m about ready for the Ohiopyle Festival, running the falls and the Lower Yough.
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