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| Location: Date/Time: Conditions: Water Temperature: Flow Rate: | French Creek from French Creek, NY to Wattsburg, PA (Leg #1) June 22, 2003 · 13:00 to 20:30 EDT 83° F, sunny and hot, excellent canoe weather! 64° F 74 ft³/sec, 26 year average for this day, 42 ft³/sec |
| One of the best canoe trips yet! Very hot and the water felt great to cool off in. It was a little on the shallow side and we had to drag the canoes through ankle deep water a few times, but a very nice ride. That is at least until I dropped my digital camera in the water! Must not have latched the waterproof case all the way. One minute it's hanging from my neck, the next minute I look down and the case is wide open and there's my camera under a foot of water. Looks like the electronics are starting to dry out now after baking the camera in the car with the windows rolled up. Hopefully it will make a full recovery. Update: full recovery achieved after two days! |
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 Nice little area to stop for a break and a quick pano shot. We sent Missy to the rock because she was being bad. | ||
 | Ray about to drop my canoe down the (very steep) bank while Jen supervises. Josh riding down that (very steep) bank. |
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 | All of us ready to go. (Front row) Missy, me, Jen (Back row) Josh, Jimmy, Josh, Ray, Jeff and Adam. We told Jimmy this was a black tie affair so he came prepared. |
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 | This was our first four canoe trip down French Creek. Jeff and Ray pulling up the rear. |
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 | I love shots like these, so relaxing. |  |
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Jimmy and Jeff posing with their sunglasses. Jeff and Ray in 'the rapids' in Ray's brand spanking new canoe. You guys are too crazy 8^) |
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Smile for me Jen. It was a little shallow in a few places, but not too bad. |
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Still haven't figured out how Josh fell out of the canoe. They both went for a dip a little bit later. |
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Here are the psychos climbing the cliff. |  |
 The final pics taken on this trip. We were only half way done when I dropped the camera in the creek right after this composite picture. I didn't even get to enjoy the French Creek Hot Tub over there. | ||
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James doesn't have a canoe so he rode his 4 wheeler. This is what we usually look like at the end. |
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