[Rhodes22-list] Sea Kayaks, Paddling, & Camping Gear Recovered From Johnson Mini Storage!

[Chris Geankoplis]

Roger, that is better than the landings and Inchon!  I still an not sure
how you got past the rapids.  Great job.

Chris Geankoplis
S?V Enosis

On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 12:09 PM ROGER PIHLAJA <Roger_Pihlaja at msn.com>
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Last Saturday, my brother-in-law, Ken Mild drove up from Pennsylvania with
> his 12 ft LOA aluminum Jon boat.  We drove over to a MDNR boat launch on
> the West Arm of Wixom Lake.  With the lake level much lower than normal
> summer pool, the boat launch is closed.  The 1st attached photo shows how
> much below the level of the launch ramps the water level is now.  But, Ken
> and I were able to carry the lightweight Jon boat down the slope.  We used
> my Minn Kota trolling motor to get back to the M-30 causeway, a 1-way
> distance of about ¾ mile.  The 2nd attached photo shows the rapids under
> the blown out section of the M-30 causeway now.  Obviously, this is not
> something you can safely navigate in a Jon boat with a trolling motor!
> But, I had scouted the site prior to this attempt and there was an eddy
> just upstream of the rapids.  I was able to tuck the Jon boat into this
> eddy without getting sucked into the rapids.  Then, we hiked about 300
> yards over to Johnson Mini Storage, gathered up two kayaks, paddling, and
> camping gear, and portaged it all back to the Jon boat.  It took 3 trips to
> portage all this gear.  The 3rd attached photo is Ken by the loaded Jon
> boat with the two kayaks all rigged for towing.  We motored back to the
> MDNR launch site, hauled everything back up the hill, loaded the kayaks and
> gear into/on top of my minivan, and drove home.  Mission accomplished!  We
> started about 7:00 AM and were back home by 11:00 AM before the real heat
> of the day.
>
> So, now the SCUBA Shipwreck Diving and Pictured Rocks Sea Kayaking High
> Adventure Trips can really happen next month.  Life is good!
>
> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
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