This happened on the Ohio and for some reason blogger did not publish the post. I took a wrong turn and found myself looking at a two foot drop off with plenty of rocks to hit on my way down. The dike went the whole way across the river so there was no choice but to portage the boat. Lucky for me, there were two kids fishing at the dike. They helped me portage across the obstacle. As you can see, everything had to come off the boat. Let's hope that it doesn't happen again on the Mississippi. I have been going over many dikes but none that have even been in reaching depth of my canoe paddle. If it happens on the Mississippi, it will be a big mess and there won't be anyone to help me here. Sunday, August 7, 2011
Portage
This happened on the Ohio and for some reason blogger did not publish the post. I took a wrong turn and found myself looking at a two foot drop off with plenty of rocks to hit on my way down. The dike went the whole way across the river so there was no choice but to portage the boat. Lucky for me, there were two kids fishing at the dike. They helped me portage across the obstacle. As you can see, everything had to come off the boat. Let's hope that it doesn't happen again on the Mississippi. I have been going over many dikes but none that have even been in reaching depth of my canoe paddle. If it happens on the Mississippi, it will be a big mess and there won't be anyone to help me here. 