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On May 22, thirteen intrepid paddlers made their way up the Trinity to Lake Pass and on into Lake Charlotte.
Although everyone is entitled to their opinion, any sane person knows the water level should be at least 7.4
before attempting a trip into the area and it was far below that level. Below 7.4...think gumbo on a stick!
But we had fun!
We learned how to portage;
We learned how not to portage; and
We learned you can go under that fallen tree no matter how close to the water it looks.
And we had fun!
We practiced the pry stoke...the water pry and the gumbo pry;
We practiced (or learned as the case may be) the art of poling; and
We practiced waking sleeping snakes that hadn't expected to see paddlers during such slack times.
Did I say we had fun!
We woke a few sunning gators (we had a retired gator wrestler with us just in case);
We ate great watermelon;
We took pink flamingos standing throughout Lake Miller as a warning not to paddle there; and
Everyone said they'd like to do it again.
And so we will! .....@ 7.4 +.
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