May 8, 2011

For Mother's Day Erin & Megan planned on surprising me with a Mother/Daughter kayak trip. Unfortunately Erin ended up in the ER last night with continuing sickness and was unable to kayak today. We're hoping to go next weekend instead. Tim Megan & I went to Stewart Pond. We headed towards the Conklinville Dam. The water wasn't as high as we thought it would be. It was a little windy and overcast. Not the sunny trip we had hoped for. When we made the turn towards the dam you could really hear the rush of the water as it came over the dam. So different from all of our other times there. We didn't paddle nearly as close as usual. We didn't want any issues with the current created by the water coming over the dam. First I will add a picture of the dam as we normally see it, and then I'll add the picture of the dam as it was today.

Unfortunately we didn't see any Bald Eagles today. We did see a bird soaring pretty high in the sky, but couldn't tell what kind of bird it was.

Megan enjoyed her 2nd trip out in her new boat. We have to get her a life vest so Tim can have his life vest back and stop wearing the old ghetto vest he's had to wear. Her birthday is coming up, so I'm sure she will get some of the things she needs.

On the news tonight we heard that the Conklinville Dam was having some issues with pressure today. Thank GOD that the Dam held up while we were in the water. I don't even want to think about what could have happened. The newsman talked about homes that would have washed away. What about kayakers???