Hmm maybe I do this?

Maybe I take canoe out after work this morning. Get a little small mouth action, and canoeing in before it gets hot out. This river loop normally takes about 6 hours to drift, and it's only a couple miles, by road, back to vehicle. I have done this a couple of times in the past. Right now it's 3:30 am, lunch time and I think I'll catch a few zzz's for lunch. It's 65 degrees out and there's a nice breeze blowing through vehicle. I'll let you know and send pictures later.

 

I hope you go. I need the vicarious experience! Ha ha. Besides you always take great pictures of your trips.

 

Yes I went and just got back. Showered, ate a salad and now in bed. Got home at 7am brewed cup of joe and off i went. Strapped bicycle to front of canoe at put in, so I could get back to vehicle when I reach my take out. nice and cool this morning. The water was moving pretty good tried to get picture of drifting over muscle beds ah ha got em love fishing around all this dead fall of course I keep eye open for snakees that may be in trees over head. another selfie love these river small mouths, they are mean fighters. Got to keep eye out for strainers mile long stretch. I be a getten tired Recent high waters really moved some biggggg trees down river well that's about it. Pulled canoe up bank and run cable through part of seat and bow plate then around tree and padlocked. Strapped pole to bicycle, put on back pack and put life jacket on that. Rode the 2.2 miles to truck took maybe 20 min. In bed now, later you all. Roy

 

Awesome Roy!
I wonder how many life times I would have had to live before I thought to tie a bike to my canoe so I could get back to my vehicle quicker?!! My hats off to you Killeroy, simply brilliant.

Things look so nice there. I've never been disappointed with your country over there. Just beautiful.

What is a strainer? Where are they? Why do you need to keep your eyes open for them? Snakes in trees...that I understand, FREAKS me out, but it is understood. Man, watch the ground for snakes, watch the water for snakes and now, watch the tree's over the water for SNAKES...THAT'S JUST SICK!!! In my world, I'm going to make an animal that does what the snake does and it won't be venomous! All you freakoids that enjoy wearing snakes as jewelry, go find another world to live in!

 

Roy,
I got so freaked out about the snakes that I forgot to tell you, nice bass! I think I would have had that for breakfast (what ever you call your final meal of the day) instead of the salad. I bet those guys can fight. Wouldn't it be awesome if your wife shot video of you reeling one of those in and then you uploading it here on CBabble.

 

...a strainer or sweeper is a canoe term for a downed tree in the river. The apparent danger is the you only see a portion of the downed tree and not the hidden portion. That is why whistle cords and life jackets have snap off buckles. If you should collide with a strainer, fall down underneath and get caught [and people do] you can release the buckles.

 

That's a new one for me too - and it's a great idea. I do have wheels for the canoe to cart it to the van - usually filled with gear.

 

T

They think of neat stuff, I would imagine some of it is thought up after the fact, still neat. Like an iceberg then, only mean.

 

It's like everything else - we come up with our own jargon that becomes fixed after awhile. What is sometimes frustrating to me is when I'm with an individual who doesn't know the terms. You are telling your partner to "take the chute, take the chute" and he doesn't know what you are saying.

CHUTE. A fast current where part of a stream is compressed and flows between two obstructions.

 

I don't know of any hobbie today that doesn't have it's own vocabulary. Killeroy and I talked about this very thing one time. When I first started in amateur radio, I thought I was at a different planet.

 

You're going to hate me, but what are whistle cords? I know what life jackets are...surprise, surprise, but whistle cords is new to me. It's not found in the dictionary.

 

Yes I have a canoe cart, but I haven't used it yet. I even thought of tieing canoe behind bicycle with cart wheels under canoe, have like a trailer canoe. Wouldn't that be a funny picture. There were a couple of flat bottom aluminum boats out there. I talked to some older guys in one as we drifted near. They never asked about the bicycle, they probably think i was one of them weirdos from up north I always talk about snakes, but I have never had any issues with them they avoid people.

 

-----> Not at all - whistle cords are simply whistles attached to a cord of some sort. Lanyard is probably the better word to use. The difference is that they can be disconnected without being pulled over the head. The two connectors shown in the picture can easily be pulled apart in an emergency.

 

I have to admit my envy of your position in life. That you have the time to use your canoe for hours, that’s really great. And with the mention of canoe, it is only logical to expect fishing. And I was right on that notion. I would love to have that life someday where I can go fishing as if not worrying about life anymore. But I guess it is not for me to do it alone because I will enjoy it more when I have company. I am now imagining how that fish would be cooked. Aah, probably by roasting so it will be good with beer.

 

I wish that I had that choice, or the ability to do it on a whim as much as it seems you may have. I do plan on it eventually, but still need to do the saving up and the planning and all of that stuff.