Too Cold to Paddle

mccloud

"Tiger Rag" back on the tidal Potomac
In Memoriam
It's been a long-standing tradition around these parts to paddle on the Potomac River at Harpers Ferry, WV on New Years Day, but NOT today. The temperature dropped to 10F overnight and although sunny during the day, only reached 20F. For all I know, there is ice on the river. So no paddling here. Out of curiosity, I checked the weather at Paul Smiths, and it was -30F there. Might be good iceboating. Happy New Year.
Tom McCloud
 
Too cold for our annual New Year's Day paddle around here (NE Illinois), too... there's river ice where we rarely see it, which means it'll be in places we can't see from the roads and trails, too...
 
IMG_0315 (1).jpg Got the canoe loaded new years eve, ready for new year's day paddle. It was -10 F when I got up at 4:00 am. Luckily it was a 16 hour drive straight south before I got to the water.
Happy New Year
 
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