kayakloop
A n n u a l P a d d l e L o o p a n d H o t D o g R o a s t
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E v e r y y e a r s i n c e 2 0 1 9 I ' v e o r g a n i z e d a p a d d l e l o o p o n t h e S c h u y l k i l l n e a r P h o e n i x v i l l e . C a n o e , k a y a k o r S U P . I t i s f r e e ( o t h e r t h a n t h e c o s t o f r e n t i n g a b o a t i f y o u n e e d t o d o t h a t ) .
S t a r t i n t h e c a n a l
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W e s t a r t b y k a y a k i n g f r o m F i t z w a t e r S t a t i o n t o w a r d s L o c k 6 0 . T h e " F i t z " r e n t s k a y a k s a n d c a n o e s - c a l l 6 1 0 - 9 3 3 - 1 4 2 1 o r 7 1 7 - 4 7 5 - 4 1 2 7 t o r e s e r v e a c a n o e o r k a y a k . D o N O T l e a v e a m e s s a g e . T a l k t o a l i v e p e r s o n d u r i n g b u s i n e s s h o u r s .
T h e c a n a l
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T h e c a n a l p a r a l l e l s t h e r i v e r i n t h i s a r e a .
P a d d l i n g i n t h e c a n a l
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T h e p a d d l e i n t h e c a n a l g i v e s e v e r y o n e a c h a n c e t o t a l k a n d l o o k a t a l l t h e t u r t l e s ( P h o t o b y J u l i e K e i m )
T u r t l e s
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T h e r e a r e l o t s a n d l o t s o f t u r t l e s i n t h e c a n a l ( p h o t o b y J u l i e K e i m )
T h e f i r s t p o r t a g e
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O n c e w e r e a c h L o c k 6 0 , w e p o r t a g e t o t h e r i v e r - a b o u t 1 0 0 m e t e r s
T h e S c h u y l k i l l R i v e r
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T h e S c h u y l k i l l R i v e r i s p r e t t y s h a l l o w a n d t a m e . Y o u c a n s t a n d i n 9 5 % o f t h e r o u t e . T h e r e i s a l i t t l e c u r r e n t o n c e p a s t f i r s t b r i d g e .
H o t d o g s
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F a i r l y s o o n w e r e a c h a n i s l a n d w i t h a c l e a r i n g a n d a f i r e p i t . W e r o a s t h o t d o g s a n d m a r s h m a l l o w s .
2 0 2 4
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I n 2 0 2 4 i t w a s s o n i c e m o s t p e o p l e j u s t s a t i n t h e r i v e r a f t e r e a t i n g ( s o u r c e p i c t u r e s b y m e ; d i g i t a l l y e d i t t e d t o i n c l u d e b o t h D a n i e l l e a n d I i n t h e s a m e p i c t u r e b y J u l i e K e i m )
2 0 2 3
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I n 2 0 2 3 , i t r a i n e d a f t e r w e w e r e d o n e w i t h t h e h o t d o g s a n d m a r s h m a l l o w s I t r a i n e d a b o u t 3 0 m i n u t e s w h i l e w e h i d u n d e r t h e J a p a n e s e k n o t w e e d . . J u s t a b o u t e v e r y o n e f r o m 2 0 2 3 r e t u r n e d i n 2 0 2 4 s o I g u e s s i t w a s n ' t t h a t b a d : )
2 0 2 2
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T h e y e a r 2 0 2 2
2 0 2 1
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T h e 2 0 2 1 c r e w
2 0 1 9
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T h e 2 0 1 9 c r e w
B a c k i n t h e r i v e r
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A f t e r t h e r o a s t , w e p a d d l e t o t h e f i n a l p o r t a g e .
S e c o n d p o r t a g e
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T h e s e c o n d p o r t a g e b a c k t o t h e c a n a l i s a b o u t 2 0 0 m e t e r s .