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2020-07-21; 19:18:38 EDT
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Ah ha, I think I see it now. Still.......... Chris G S/V EnosisSee the original archive post
On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 5:50 PM ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com> wrote: > Chris, > > Sorry there was a directional typo in the previous post. It’s fixed below. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 21, 2020, at 5:39 PM, ROGER PIHLAJA <Roger_Pihlaja at msn.com> wrote: > > ?Chris, > > If you look closely at the 3rd photo, you will see the so called eddy line > in the water stretching off into the distance about 15-20 ft out from the > earthen berm. It looks like a region of calm water that suddenly develops > ripples at the eddy line. The region to the left of that line is calm and > safe. The region to the right of that line is flowing towards the rapids. > So, you can see how far I had to travel westward along the berm before I > could turn north towards the MDNR boat launch. > > Roger Pihlaja > S/V Dynamic Equilibrium > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 21, 2020, at 1:48 PM, ROGER PIHLAJA <Roger_Pihlaja at msn.com> wrote: > > ?Chris, > > Some people complain about their in-laws. I go on wilderness camping > trips and do “stupid stuff” with mine. > > Roger Pihlaja > S/V Dynamic Equilibrium > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 21, 2020, at 1:41 PM, Chris Geankoplis <chrisgeankoplis at gmail.com> > wrote: > > ?Ah, guys doing stupid stuff, I can relate to that. My brother is a master > at that too > Chris Geankoplis > Sv Enosis > > On Tue, 21 Jul 2020 at 13:13, ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com> wrote: > > Chris, > > The backwater eddy was upstream of the rapids and protected from it by a > little sand spit. We never had to run the rapids. By going well to the > west and then working my way back east along the Wixom Dam’s earthen > embankment, I was able to stay out of the strong current and into the > eddy. I have done quite a bit of whitewater and had scouted the site > before attempting this. No, it was not idiot proof! My brother-in-law is > used to us doing stupid stuff like this together. He regards it as chapter > 1 in the Pictured Rocks Sea Kayaking High Adventure Trip. > > Roger Pihlaja > S/V Dynamic Equilibrium > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 21, 2020, at 12:49 PM, Chris Geankoplis < > chrisgeankoplis at gmail.com> wrote: > > ?Roger, that is better than the landings and Inchon! I still an not sure > how you got past the rapids. Great job. > > Chris Geankoplis > S?V Enosis > > On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 12:09 PM ROGER PIHLAJA <Roger_Pihlaja at msn.com> > wrote: > > Hi All, > > Last Saturday, my brother-in-law, Ken Mild drove up from Pennsylvania > with > his 12 ft LOA aluminum Jon boat. We drove over to a MDNR boat launch on > the West Arm of Wixom Lake. With the lake level much lower than normal > summer pool, the boat launch is closed. The 1st attached photo shows > how > much below the level of the launch ramps the water level is now. But, > Ken > and I were able to carry the lightweight Jon boat down the slope. We > used > my Minn Kota trolling motor to get back to the M-30 causeway, a 1-way > distance of about ¾ mile. The 2nd attached photo shows the rapids under > the blown out section of the M-30 causeway now. Obviously, this is not > something you can safely navigate in a Jon boat with a trolling motor! > But, I had scouted the site prior to this attempt and there was an eddy > just upstream of the rapids. I was able to tuck the Jon boat into this > eddy without getting sucked into the rapids. Then, we hiked about 300 > yards over to Johnson Mini Storage, gathered up two kayaks, paddling, > and > camping gear, and portaged it all back to the Jon boat. It took 3 > trips to > portage all this gear. The 3rd attached photo is Ken by the loaded Jon > boat with the two kayaks all rigged for towing. We motored back to the > MDNR launch site, hauled everything back up the hill, loaded the kayaks > and > gear into/on top of my minivan, and drove home. Mission accomplished! > We > started about 7:00 AM and were back home by 11:00 AM before the real > heat > of the day. > > So, now the SCUBA Shipwreck Diving and Pictured Rocks Sea Kayaking High > Adventure Trips can really happen next month. Life is good! > > Roger Pihlaja > S/V Dynamic Equilibrium > > [cid:image003.jpg at 01D65F57.B24925A0] > > [cid:image005.jpg at 01D65F57.B24925A0] > > [cid:image009.jpg at 01D65F57.B24925A0] > > Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for > Windows 10 > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: D167605919824FA4BC5FFC4CB7C674B0.jpg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 157033 bytes > Desc: D167605919824FA4BC5FFC4CB7C674B0.jpg > URL: < > > > http://rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attachments/20200721/7fbc0651/attachment.jpg > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: D7FE6DE8EFD2476AA9A5BCD62A5CD094.jpg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 592302 bytes > Desc: D7FE6DE8EFD2476AA9A5BCD62A5CD094.jpg > URL: < > > > http://rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attachments/20200721/7fbc0651/attachment-0001.jpg > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: BA96801C5FFF40B6BA7BAA0364A6DF0C.jpg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 151425 bytes > Desc: BA96801C5FFF40B6BA7BAA0364A6DF0C.jpg > URL: < > > > http://rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attachments/20200721/7fbc0651/attachment-0002.jpg > > > >
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