We floated the Caddo River with some friends Saturday. The scenery was beautiful and the water was flowing nicely. It took us a little over four hours and we only flipped the canoe once.
We came to some quick rapids and very low trees. While trying to duck under the trees, so our heads didn't get knocked off, we both leaned too far and there we went. Luckily everything was in dry bags and tied down. Well, almost everything. Kev was trying to put his phone back into the dry box but didn't get to it fast enough. His phone got wet, but seems to work ok after sitting in a bag of rice for a few days. I didn't have my shoes strapped tight so they slid off. A friend in front of us managed to grab one shoe and one paddle. We carefully walked the canoe across the rapid and dumped the water out. I will admit I was pissed off about my shoe. I didn't talk to Kev for awhile. I know it wasn't his fault, but I wanted to be mad at someone. He promised he would replace them.
About an hour later we were all pulled over talking and a guy in a kayak comes by and asks if we lost a kids water shoe. Kev heard kids and said no. I quickly said yes. I mean I do wear a size six and some people may think that is child's size. I asked if it was a Merrill and it was! I know they could have probably been replaced, but those were my favorite and I've had them for several years. We never found the other paddle, but did find another paddle someone else lost. Anyways. It was a nice float. More on the rest on the weekend later.
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