TenaCity to WindyCity

TenaCity to WindyCity Kayak  August 6, 2017 TenaCity 2 WindyCity DAY 4 CLINK ON ALL PHOTOS TO ENLARGE 13 paddled the 14.2 miles today,  of which 2 runyaked completing the 9.7 mile run. Runyakers would be Julie Gallagher and myself. We had 6 new paddlers to the T2W joined in today, Dan Rice , Bryce Gamage , Linda Gamage's son, Kate's father , Dan Lamkin's friend Ron , Sue and Doug  Barnes ,  and former T2Wers, Kate Ferris, Linda Gamage, Dan Lamkin. Runyaker Jill and paddle friend Chris Marty had got on the river well ahead of us, and finished before we got to Saginaw.  4 of the original paddlers have made it from Flint to Saginaw, Jill Jenkins, Linda Gamage, Kate Ferris, and myself.   No we never got wet. It was a scary looking cloud though. This was after going under the M13 bridge. Thinking a mile away was the Curtis Rd Bridge, we could have picnic lunch and wait out the rain. But it missed us totally.  Under...

TenaCity to WindyCity Kayak  July 30, 2017 TenaCity 2 WindyCity DAY 3 CLICK ON ALL PHOTOS TO ENLARGE! Day 3's paddle distance of 13.2 was longer than some paddlers would have like. Some thought the 12.8 on DAY 2 was excessive. Two of the 9 paddlers elected not to go the full 13.2 and departed the river at 8.7 miles.  These four showed up at Barber Park, Chris Marty, Jill Jenkins, Marcia Kobman and myself. Chris bike while three of us ran. The 9.2 mile run was entirely on Seymour Rd, a much more beautiful run than the previous two. Seymour Road parallels the Flint for more miles than any other road, which caused me to ask the riddle in the middle of our run, "To 'See More' of the Flint River what road do you follow?" The run began at a paddle launch in Spaulding Twp where an old iron trestle crosses the Flint.  Tracks and trestle of the old Grand Trunk Western which still runs as the CMGN (Central Michigan, Durand to Bay City) .  With l...