[Paddlers] Sauvie Island Paddle - a true pleasure

[Williams, Darcy]

Thanks to everyone who made this paddle possible.  It was everything I had hoped for an more.  The Fire Dragons were real troopers to do this paddle.  Every time we stopped I would look over at the guys boat and see more of their fingers with white tape on them.  By the end of the paddle their hands were almost all white tape but they were still smiling. : )   Throughout the paddle Carin kept reminding me how lucky we were for everything from the weather, the eagle we saw, the flowers that were talking to us, nessie who made a brief appearance,  strange wood sculptures stuck in the numerous wing damns, the numerous moorages, and on & on.  She was very inspiring.  Everybody was really amazing.
 
For those interested in stats from the women's GPS
 
54.77 miles
10 hours 38 minutes total time on the water
2:12 of rest breaks
8 hours 26 minutes paddling time
6.5 mph rough average
 
Thank you for seeing this through with me.  I had a blast.  Attached are screenshots from my Garmin gps.
 
Darcy

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