[Rhodes22-list] Sea Kayaks, Paddling, & Camping Gear Recovered From Johnson Mini Storage!

[Chris Geankoplis]

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
> >>
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