Had a good time on the lake yesterday, it got up to 87 degrees which is very unusual for this time ๐Ÿฅต



#paddling #kayaking #mthood #lake #getoutside #sunnyday #nature #outdoors

Lack of a PFD (life jacket) the number reason why boaters die. #2 dangerous waters like low--head dams, #3 Hypothermia, but wearing a PFD still the best way to stay alive on any water! https://rec-law.us/yeypf7m7

#Drowning #Fatality #Paddling #PFD @U.S. Coast Guard

Why Paddlers Die: Life Vest Use and the Boating Accident Data

Coast Guard accident data shows 80% of fatal paddlesport incidents involved paddlers not wearing a life vest โ€” and that's just the start.

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Today's paddle down the Huron featured high water levels and a very tolerant bald eagle in "eagle alley" between Whitewood and Baseline Lakes. Redbuds are just starting to pop. #Paddling #kayaking #eagles #HuronRiverSEMichigan #Michigan

Last week, I put away all my #caving and underground vertical gear that we used in the cave rescue course, then pulled out #hiking, #climbing, #paddling, and hotel travel stuff for that week's adventures.
This past Monday, I packed climbing, #backpacking, #rappelling, and car #camping gear for *this* week's adventures.
I'm tempted to go #biking tomorrow, just so I will have touched basically every piece of non-snow-related outdoor gear I own within three weeks! ๐Ÿ˜

Also I keep meaning to post about this stuff, but we are too busy *doing* it (and packing for it, and unpacking / cleaning gear from it) for me to sit down and write about it. Maybe next week... ๐Ÿ˜‡

Really nice day for kayaking. Overcast with splendid clouds, perfect air temperature (water's still pretty cold!) and the river playful after a couple of days of rain โค๏ธ

๐˜Ž๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜•๐˜ถ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ข (๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ'๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข, ๐˜ญ'๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ข รจ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข!) ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ญ ๐˜—๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ข โค๏ธ

#kayak #kayaking #river #paddling #spring #springtime #outdoors #turin #piedmont #italy #fiume #po #pagaiare #natura #torino #piemonte #italia

Big bob in Huron Meadows metropark. I see "bobs" all the time but this is the biggest, like 8 inches in diameter. No idea how they work or what they are really called (googling "bob" somehow wasn't helpful). #michigan #kayaking #HuronRiverSEMichigan #paddling