We had a pretty good run down the Nenana during the race. Pat said he bailed water out of the boat for 80% of the race. Rooster Tail swamped us and we almost emptied the boat but then came Ice Worm and we spent most of the rest of the race full of water! We didn't get beat by any six year olds this year though and we at least beat the raft and the solo canoe. I'm not sure what our time was, it wasn't announced at the awards ceremony and I'm not sure if it will make the paper or not.
After we watched the rodeo competition we hit the water again, doing the same stretch we did in the race and continuing down through the canyon. When we aren't trying to go as fast as we can, we stay pretty dry. We had an awesome line through Rooster Tail and a couple of quick back ferries in Ice Worm kept most of the water out. I missed my brace at Twin Rocks and a diagonal, curling wave flipped us over. From the water, Pat flipped the boat back upright but we were already in the eddy so we just pushed the boat and swam to shore. As my feet touched bottom I turned to look back out into the river and saw James go swimming by and then Amanda went swimming by! The diagonal caught all of us. Those were the last swims of the day.
Brad in his raft, and John in his kayak were waiting just downstream of Twin Rocks and they joined our group as we headed into the canyon. Everyone had a great day on the water and the canyon was beautiful!
There were numerous people on the shore at Rooster Tail and at Twin Rocks both during the race and after when all the boats went down the canyon. At the 49th State Brewery after the awards ceremony the woman sitting next to me said she got some really good shots of us going through Rooster Tail and she gave me her email address. I'm hoping that she will send us the .JPGs and that she will give me permission to use one here on the blog.
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