Today we celebrated Jesus resurrection from the dead. We began on the top of Garrett Mt. for the sunrise at 6:05am with a Sunrise Service with 10 different churches. We continued with breakfast afterward and then had our two morning resurrection celebrations. It was a great time of worship and I preached on meeting the risen Jesus. After a rest at home and with no other responsibilities for the day I figured this was a good day to raise my kayak out of the basement on to the water.
It was 75 degrees, sunny and warm with thunderstorms on the way. I wanted to launch it the first time in my home paddling water of the Passaic River. Even though the Passaic is running high where I was going was rather deep and wide and only running fast under the bridges of Rt. 80, 46 and the Garden State Parkway. I had a beautiful paddle south to Dundee Lake with the current and then back north against it but with the wind. The Spring Run performed well in the current and tracked well in the wind. As I was going under the last railroad tressel there was a serious current coming off the pillar and as I hit it it slid me sideways and rolled me over. It all happened to quick for me to react and the next thing I knew I was on my side in the water and then under water rather shocked from the cold. I pulled the skirt off and slid out feeling quite surprised but floating in my lifevest and hanging on to the kayak. I paddled to shore, warmed up, pumped out and finished my paddle. I know I will need to practice managing whitecaps and waves in a different way than I did in the Pungo. All in all I was pleased with the performance of the Spring Run and thrilled to finally test it in the water. I look forward to many more paddling stories.
Here is the completed Spring run standing up in my backyard ready for its first paddle.
Today we celebrated Jesus resurrection from the dead. We began on the top of Garrett Mt. for the sunrise at 6:05am with a Sunrise Service with 10 different churches. We continued with breakfast afterward and then had our two morning resurrection celebrations. It was a great time of worship and I preached on meeting the risen Jesus. After a rest at home and with no other responsibilities for the day I figured this was a good day to raise my kayak out of the basement on to the water.
It was 75 degrees, sunny and warm with thunderstorms on the way. I wanted to launch it the first time in my home paddling water of the Passaic River. Even though the Passaic is running high where I was going was rather deep and wide and only running fast under the bridges of Rt. 80, 46 and the Garden State Parkway. I had a beautiful paddle south to Dundee Lake with the current and then back north against it but with the wind. The Spring Run performed well in the current and tracked well in the wind. As I was going under the last railroad tressel there was a serious current coming off the pillar and as I hit it it slid me sideways and rolled me over. It all happened to quick for me to react and the next thing I knew I was on my side in the water and then under water rather shocked from the cold. I pulled the skirt off and slid out feeling quite surprised but floating in my lifevest and hanging on to the kayak. I paddled to shore, warmed up, pumped out and finished my paddle. I know I will need to practice managing whitecaps and waves in a different way than I did in the Pungo. All in all I was pleased with the performance of the Spring Run and thrilled to finally test it in the water. I look forward to many more paddling stories.
Here is the completed Spring run standing up in my backyard ready for its first paddle.
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