 |
Mark Dearing "surfs" a small rapid on the Roanoke River. This was about a Class II. |
|
 |
River guy Mark Dearing. |
Veteran paddler Mark Dearing and I put the kayaks into the Roanoke River today so I could gauge the navagability of a section between Green Hill Park and the Cardinal Police Academy in Salem. It is passable; in some spots barely. It is also fast and quite lovely.
A group in Roanoke is studying the feasability of creating a Roanoke River Blueway to go with our excellent Greenway system and having a river that accommodates canoes and kayaks--which are immensely popular these days--is important. I wanted to see if the Roanoke River would be friendly to a sit-on-top kayak, the kind that is becoming wildly popular, but a vehicle not made for whitewater.
There is some whitewater in this stretch and I haven't paddled white water in quite a while, but I have some familiarity with it. It is not big water, but some of it is quite technical and a lot of it is excessively rocky, which is where I wound up on my head in the water, soaking my favorite little point-and-shoot camera (it's gone), inflating my life vest ($27 for a refill) and bruising the hell out of my ego.
Mark served as the guide and he didn't get in trouble. He wouldn't. That's one reason I like having him along. I'm putting together a video of our run and there will be more to come. It's a good little river, but right now it looks to need work before it will become a popular boating destination.
 |
Pampa paddles with Mark in the background. |
 |
Put-in point at Green Hill Park is a swimmin' hole. |
 |
Mark approaches a Great Blue Heron (top right). |
 |
More swimmers and tubers. |
 |
There's junk in the river: the square piece is an engine block. |
 |
We stop for a tinkle break. |
 |
The light dances off the water in a long riffle. |
 |
Mark takes a sip of his favorite beverage. Well, not favorite. |
 |
A placid, peaceful, pretty river. In spots. |
شركة نقل عفش بالدمام
ReplyDeleteشركة نقل عفش بجدة
شركة نقل العفش بالمدينة المنورة
نقل العفش بالرياض
نقل عفش بالدمام
شركات نقل اثاث بالدمام
شركة نقل اثاث بالخبر
شركة نقل عفش بالدمام
ReplyDeleteشركة نقل عفش بالمدينة المنورة
شركة نقل عفش بجدة
شركة نقل عفش بمكة
شركة نقل عفش بالطائف
شركة نقل عفش بالرياض
شركة نقل عفش بينبع
نقل العفش والتخزين
شركة مكافحة حشرات بالدمام
ReplyDeleteشركة كشف تسربات بالدمام
شركة عزل اسطح بالدمام
شركة تسليك مجاري بالدمام
شركة تنظيف كنب بالدمام
شركة تنظيف مساجد بالدمام
شركة تنظيف سجاد بالدمام
شركة تنظيف خزانات بالدمام
شركة تنظيف وصيانة مسابح بالدمام