Blogger is not letting me update my blog so I'm starting a part 2.
I'd like to find a better hosting platform but a minimal search this morning didn't come up with much.
Anyway:
April 12 Upper/Lower Mulberry. In the Jackson Antix 2.0. With Peggy, Jie, Kevin S., and Westin. Level around 2.1. Kind of too low for the Upper but we were happy to get on it at least once this season.
April 18 First dive of the year at Blue Water Park. With Bethany G. My first dive with my new 5mm wetsuit which is a Henderson Aqualock. It is very warm!
April 26 Diving at Blue Water Park. With Helen, Andy, and Reed. Nice couple of dives.
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| Me mind-melding with a young bass. Photo by Helen H. |
May - we did the Mulberry and Locust. We had fun. rinse and repeat.
May 24-26 BCC Hello to the Hiwassee. We stayed at AU. I did the Hiwassee Saturday and Sunday, and then the Cartecay on Monday. Fun in the rainstorms. The water was colder than usual on the H so I wore my drysuit both days.
May 30 - June 1 TVCC Paddle School. In the Jackson Antix 2.0 m. Hiwassee both days. I helped Paris with his class as a support boater. Sunday I was going to go on Ocoee but the group wanted to leave too early for me to break camp, so I went back to the Hiwassee with Pat Carver's class as a tag-a-long.
June 7 - 8 Stress and Rescue class.
June 21 Bear Creek Float. In the Jackson Antix 2.0 m. With Peggy, Juliet and Michael, and several canoeists. I love this float!
June 22 CeCe SSI Try Mermaid and CeCe/Gus SSI Snorkel Diver. Great time! At Blue Water Park. Taught by Bethany at https://www.instagram.com/mermaiding.and.more/
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| CeCe is 7 and is part fish! |
June 27 - July 3 Week of Rivers 2025 WOR CCC. In the Jackson Mixmaster 7.5 and the Antix 2.0 m. Great time and reasonably dry weather too.
Saturday - Tuckaseegee in the Mixmaster
Sunday - Nantahala short trip Ferebee to Surfers with Mona
Monday - Nantahala Ferebee thru the falls. I walked the falls with my swimmer's ear still going on
Tuesday - Tuckaseegee, memorial trip honoring Richard Hopley aka OC1- Kanubi
Wednesday - Nantahala Ferebee thru the falls. I had a great line at the falls.
July 13 - 100th Dive. At Blue Water Park. With Bethany. She made a sign on her dive slate and took some pics. So stoked to have gotten my 100th dive!
July 19 Hiwassee. In the Jackson Antix 2.0m. With Helen, Andy, and Peggy. It was raining buckets on the drive up and Helen called and asked if we could just day drink instead. (she was kidding). The day turned out really nice, not rainy just cloudy so the air temps were nice not super hot.
July 20 Ocoee. Rails to Go-Forth. In the Jackson Antix 2.0m. With Mary M, Helen, Andy, Trey aka Roscoe P. Wavetrain. After a long hiatus I returned to the Ocoee to find it exactly how I remembered - the familiar lines, the great water temps, the fun rapids. I had two combat rolls, one below Double Trouble and one in the runout of Flipper. Mary and I took out at Go-Forth and had lunch. I hadn't seen Mary in ages and she's one of my best friends so it was great to catch up with her.
Helen took a photo of my boof at Double Suck:
...and my smile after landing the boof:
July 26 Diving at Blue Water Park. With Helen, Andy, and Bethany. We saw an interesting person at the airplane.
Aug 3 Diving at Blue Water Park. With Bethany. Then BCC Pool Party at Jason and Kathleen's with members of the Birmingham Canoe Club.
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| I love my Amazon 3mm cheapie wetsuit |
I had to stay local this past weekend for a family dinner.
Aug 9 Diving at Blue Water Park. With Reed. Then wonderful family dinner at Wooden City.
Aug 10 Coosa at 8000cfs. In the Jackson Antix 2.0m With Ryan and Ming, Rusty, Emily L, and others. Had a combat roll at Maytag after a windowshade/head bonk. Great surfs in Baby Gap and Moccasin Gap.
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| Me with my brother Frank at Wooden City. |
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| Rick, myself, Frank, and Sam |
