Spokane River Level: 15,300
Water Street to Plese Flats
Wednesday 4/2/14 @ 10:55AM-12:55PM
Mark and I met John Mainio at Water Street at 9:15AM, unloaded, ran shuttle and put on the river in an hour and forty minutes. It seems longer than ideal, but realistic. I drove the trailer into Spokane WITH the raft on and to Plese Flats (on the very narrow state park road) WITHOUT the raft. It was not as scary as I imagined but backing up is very difficult. I intend on practicing in an empty parking lot this week. I also got to row the Class III Toenail rapid today. Supposedly I did a good job, but it is all a blur, except the moment that I had to pull the oar in the boat in order to avoid a strainer. At the end I jumped in and practiced throw-bagging. It was a big step forward for me.
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| Mainio is gearing up |
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| i drove the trailer! |
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| Almost ready to push off |
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| Amber is the first to ROW! |
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| Mainio's turn |
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| Mark looking sexy |
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| Pre-Rapid to Bowl and Pitcher |
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| Hole above the Bowl and Pitcher |
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| BIG waves |
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| Hard to show, but these waves were masive |
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| ROOM of DOOM: Get stuck in here and you won't make it out. Don't get stuck here. |
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| Making it through |
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| Lateral that will suck you under |
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| Good work John |
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| In between these two rocks is a common place boaters swim through |
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| Right now there is a dangerous strainer blocking that canal |
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| I love these rocks |
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| Friends...getting ready to save us by paddling because Amber is about to run the next rapid (class III) |
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| WooHoo! I did it! We made it through the Toenail!! Mark says they didn't even paddle but they were on ready so no action shot was available this time. |
RESCUE PRACTICE
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| I think this is the first time I ever pulled myself up on the raft...and it was so EASY! |
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| Back on the road. Time to go home, clean up and get ready for our next trip! |
