Yesterday it rained all day so no kayaking or kiting. Instead we scouted some new water for a trip next weekend (weather permiting, finger crossed, etc). The Motueka river is the target this time. Devon and I, and the three dogs,drove along a 20 or 30 km strech of the river on Sunday afternoon. We found a place to put in near the Baton bridge. (I used to live in a bach on the river bank about 100m down stream from this bridge and had seen kayakers going by all the time.) We then drove the next 30km or so and found plenty of potential take-out spots and scouted a few 'fun' looking rapids. It all looks like pretty good beginners whitewater.
A plan has been hatched for a trip down the Clarence River at Christmas/New years. This will be a 3-5 day trip along one of New Zealands longest rivers camping along its shores. Still in the very early planning stages at the moment but should be a memorable trip.
With the Clarence trip in mind I went to the Plastic Welding place in town today to see about getting an extra storage hatch put in the back of the kayak to stow tent/sleeping bag etc. Will be done around Wednesday. I'm not sure what cutting holes in my kayak will do for its warrenty, but what the hell.
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