Woodcock Lake

This afternoon we headed for Woodcock lake for a few hours of relaxation on the water.

Getting on the water turned out to be less than relaxing. We were not familiar with the boating facilities at Woodcock and so could not figure out where to go to launch our kayaks. We finally Googled Woodcock and discovered the only boat launch is in side the Colonel Crawford Park

Allegheny River

Wednesday we paddled the Allegheny River from Oil City to Franklin. 2.5 hours on the water. The river was kind of boring - water very slow moving and even a little brackish in places.

There was one place where it got pretty shallow and fast moving for a short distance. We had to dodge some big rocks and that got my heart pumping just a little. We made it through OK so all is well that ends well.

Vacation - time to hit the water

I'll soon be on vacation; looking forward to some time on the water! Will post an update as events happen.

2013 Memorial Paddle on the Allegheny River

We joined the Allegheny Canoe Club for a memorial paddle down the Allegheny River

Paddle down the Allegheny

We were invited to join the Allegheny Canoe Club on a paddle down the Allegheny River from Tionesta to President on Saturday.

Beautiful day, wonderful company; our first "river outing" in the new Kayaks. We saw an amazing variety of water craft, most were much sleeker (and more expensive) than ours, but I was encouraged that we were able to keep up!

We paddled down the river to the bridge at Hunter Station for lunch, then continued on down the river. We left our friends at Kibby Island - they were stopping and we had to "paddle on" as we had another commitment to make - but we will definitely be doing this again!