Kayaking in Reno

We took two trips this weekend and both were amazing!

The first started out with us going downtown to kayak at night for the first time. the highlight of the trip was a guy passing out drunk in the sidewalk by the kayak X-ing sign! It was crazy! he we had to stop and wait while he was dragged off to the side. We then got dressed and walked to hole three, right pass the cops and ambulance that showed up said “excuse me” and went kayaking! I was crazy! My little brother caught a crawdad too.

The next trip was two days later on sunday after a long night of drinking. We went to Chili Bar on the South Fork of the American. We must have still been a little drunk because we were giggling the whole ride down! once we got there we got in the water as quick as possible and I flipped my self and stayed under as long as I could to refresh myself. we then decided that we wanted to do the Gorge too. Little did we know that it was 10 miles of flat water that would even move backwards at times. I also had just found a crack in my boat that was small but took in an amazing amount of water. We finally made it to the end and reealized that because we got a late start, 11:30, nobody would be going back to Chili Bar to catch a ride from. Yes, we decided to hitch hike and take one car. I was chosen to hitch hike. I have never done that before. I got a quick ride to Lotus from some rafters who I helped load up, they knew my friend Shannon whitch was funny. the next ride took longer as I only had on a pair of immersion research shorts, which I won from the last throwdown!! I then got a ride from a big time kayaker who had gone on first decents all over the world and other crazy rivers I can only hope to run in my lifetime.

That weekend was amazing, I loved every minute of it, even the flat water.. Here is the crack in my boat, I am going to try to weld it tonight. It is one of two welds the boat had when I got it. the other one is on the opposite side of where the trailer wheel cut into my boat. at least I have matching dings!

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