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

Lowe, Rob rlowe at vt.edu
Tue Jul 21 12:53:25 EDT 2020


Roger,
Mission accomplished!  It's all about the planning and the execution.  Thanks for the update. - Rob


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From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> On Behalf Of ROGER PIHLAJA
Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2020 12:09 PM
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Sea Kayaks, Paddling, & Camping Gear Recovered From Johnson Mini Storage!

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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