The Atlanta Whitewater Club has a lake roll practice every Wednesday night during the summer at Lake Allatoona. We go to the swimming beach and paddle just outside of the bouys and roll until we can’t take the warm-as-a-bath lake water anymore. Last week we had a big cook out and High Country Outfitters brought a fleet of Jackson demo boats. We had about 30 people show up.
In addition to boaters and voyuers, we also had some special guests…lots of dogs!
Total, there were probably six or seven dogs there. Many stayed in the picnic pavilion while we paddled around for a little while and some came down to the river. I was excited to see one of my friends paddling around the lake with his dog on his boat…and his dog seemed to be really enjoying it!
All in all, it was a great night. The dogs got to play and some swam. The humans got to eat burgers and strawberry shortcake after getting in some roll practice. And the dogs got to clean up after us!
On a side note, I paddled the Jackson Rocker…rolled that thing like it was a log! Seriously, it was the easiest boat I have ever rolled. I rolled it with hand paddles, with a stick, with one hand paddle, with just my hands, and with just one hand. Wow! Might have to think about getting one of those. 
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Hope plans work out for a fun winter roll practice for AWC. I remember last year each evening Zoe & Lucy playing while we were rolling.
Oh… and I was rolling the JK 4Fun & Super Fun with one hand and holding my paddle up, dry in the air with the other hand. Your right, they roll incredibly well. I can’t believe it is simply the outfitting because I feel snug in my Hoss & Huck, something about their designs make it work.
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