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

Tue Jul 21 13:48:17 EDT 2020

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  

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> 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
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