Hey Everyone,
Today was a pretty epic paddle day. We left Pasco, and had to paddle 25k to our stop point. Pasco is located at the confluence of the Snake and Columbia Rivers, so the width of the river basically doubled. We also have to be on the lookout now for commercial barges and other commercial traffic as they move quickly and we do not want to be caught in their way.
We are approaching the Columbia River Gorge section and began to experience some of that crazy wind that we have heard about. Today we paddled in pretty decent headwind (but because of current our speed was still good) and were rising and falling in about 4 foot whitecaps...which means it was awesomely fun. I was steering our canoe today and was purposfully putting us in the biggest swells possible to maximize the fun. The canoe handled it like a champ and we weren't even close to tipping once, they are suprisingly sturdy.
At camp today we are having a massive potluck, where 5 turkeys are being deepfried by one team, with other teams providing the rest of the meal. I had a very modest lunch to prepare for it. We are also doing a big last minute arrival today for the tri-cities area and will be arriving to a crowd of nearly 15,000 people. It should be a lot of fun and will be the biggest crowd we've seen to date.
Thats it for now,
Till my paddle brings me home,
Andy
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