A great weekend of boating was wrapped up by a run down the South Grasse. Paul, Ron, Jim, Danny and I all put on this morning around 11, and the temp may have been near freezing by then (it was 14 degrees when we got up in Potsdam). I had it in my head that I wanted to run Rainbow Falls, but in typical Sally fashion I walked it. A wise man once said "Its better to wish you had run a rapid than to wish you hadn't." About half way down the run, I saw an 8 point buck on the side of the river which was pretty cool. In another first for me, on my second run on Twin Falls I had a pretty good line going until on the second to last bounce I got a huge shot out and boof. I honestly though I was going to clear the lip in the air, but at the last second I felt the back of my boat hit, which sent my right over the handle bars. It was pretty interesting, but I don't think there is any big drop that is more forgiving.
After having run the South Grasse a few times now, I think my favorite rapid has to be the last big rapid (and I have no idea what the name of it is....Sinclair Falls I thought I heard once). If you hit the line, you get to punch a hole, miss a rock, boof, land, run a slide, and smile for the camera. I like it so much I think because it is not a real hard rapid, but a hard one to hit the line the way you want to. Well, off to another week at the Jail....
Cheers,
LaFlair
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