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

Tue Jul 21 19:33:01 EDT 2020

Chris,

In that 3rd picture, the rapids and the rupture in the M-30 causeway shown in the 2nd picture are behind and to the right of the camera’s position.  Now, I wish I’d turned around and shot a picture from the same location towards the rapids.

Roger Pihlaja
S/V Dynamic Equilibrium

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From: Chris Geankoplis<mailto:chrisgeankoplis at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2020 7:18 PM
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Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Sea Kayaks, Paddling, & Camping Gear Recovered From Johnson Mini Storage!

Ah ha, I think I see it now.  Still..........

Chris G
S/V Enosis

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
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