Just back from holidays in France, and the canoe was looking rather sad and neglected (we can tell). So to cheer her up, we took off with the Bow Waters club for a lovely short paddle down the Bow River. For us this was an important trip because although we've pottered about on the Ghost-Cochrane, the lower Bow, Columbia and similar reaches, we'd never partnered our boat on a 'proper' stretch of Rockies fast water. This reach is graded maybe 1+ to 2. We found it pretty straightforward, athough the close-together paddle positions in our highly-rockered boat does lead to over-compensation (i.e. random-looking spins usually occurring during moments of high stress before sweepers). We've got a long way to go....It was a great trip, and has got us excited about taking on numerous other reaches at the 1+ to 2+ grade. Thanks to Tina from BWCC for arranging it. As a bonus, we got to drink Grizzly Paw beer afterwards and enjoy hearing about how our fellow paddlers got flipped off by a fat old lady in the parking lot. Good times! More pictures here.
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