Kayaking

Yesterday's trip down the Ocoee was just what the doctor ordered. My paddling companions were Bryan, Joe and Ryan. The weather was perfect which for me means temps in the 70's with rain which was sometimes heavy. If you're gonna get wet you might as well go all the way!

Rain in the Ocoee River Gorge produces beautiful mist rising from the trees. The combination of fast moving smooth water, frothy rapids, swirling mist and splashing rain accentuated by distant thunder is a sensuous feast, like being drawn into a great painting of some earth sized orchestra. When the rain intensifies, the pounding on my helmut sounds like applause.

I posted an uninteresting picture up on the photographs link which was taken after the boat trip. It's hard to get good kayaking photographs unless you have someone on the trip with you willing to drive ahead, hike down to the river and shoot. I think I'll investigate getting a water-proof housing for my camera so I could carry it with me on trips.

Today's agenda includes finishing some wiring updates to my street performing rig, teaching a linear chromatic hammer dulcimer lesson, and then working on a CD project this afternoon. Bryan and I are going to try and get in a bike ride tonight as we continue to train for this weekend's triathlon.
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