Kayaking Saturday / Sunday 8/6/7

swdaters · Post by **swdaters** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 11:48 am

Hey everyone, I'm a bit of a novice kayaker. I'd love to get out this weekend in the Fredericksburg / Richmond area with some people though to continue building some water skills and just to meet some new people. Anyone interested or have any ideas?

wetgeezer · Post by **wetgeezer** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 3:57 am

Not sure what you mean by bit of novice, but here goes. Upper James, Pony Pasture to Reedy Creek, is right low these days. I did it last week same level as today and likely for a while. The run was right boney and technical, which I kinda like. Present level is good for working on boat control, reading lines, and getting off rocks without worrying about pushy water. If you don't mind paddling with a geezer I might be interested in a run this weekend.

eastcoast43 · Post by **eastcoast43** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 11:39 am

I am also down to float the upper this weekend. I too am a novice paddler and at the current levels havnt had a problem on the lower james, so maybe after doing the upper if your feeling up to it we can run the lower also. let me know what you think about what time yall would like to paddle.

wetgeezer · Post by **wetgeezer** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 6:17 am

Afraid 3.4 is just too boney for me. Will get in touch if river goes up a bit. Any possibility you can paddle weekdays during the day? Now and again get little blips like the one Wed past to 3.9 which I had a pleasant time paddling. But river gods usually don't give us those blips of weekends.

kyakbum · Post by **kyakbum** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 8:17 am

I like to catch those blips too and week days and eveninngs sometimes work for me so if something works for you say next week give me a shout.

wetgeezer · Post by **wetgeezer** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 5:43 am

May be a blip next week, 3.6 predicted for Mon. I'll keep an eye and get in touch if we get a bit more.