Kayak n Pool

I tried to roll my kayak today in our new pool. It was a total failure. Both times I kinda freaked out underwater. I did much better staying calm underwater in the river. Judy filmed it. Maybe I'll allow her to put it up on YouTube. But not likely kinda embarrassing. On the note of a pool....Yes we bought a 15 foot x 3.5 foot round pool. I think I hit my head on the bottom both times I went under. I was wearing my orange helmet so it didn't really hurt. My neck hurts a bit though. It was amazing how easy the kayak was in a still pool. The current in a river really messes with you. It doesn't help that on the Jordan you can't really tell there is a current. But in a whitewater kayak it is very obvious. Just not obvious where it is going. The interesting thing with them is that they are happy going down river. Our canoe you can zip up river no problem. So when I try and follow the canoe upstream you take about 10 paddles, and the kayak decides.... nope i'm not going upstream and turns itself around. This is a great thing when your in whitewater because where the current is going is where you want to be. Even in an eddy you are sitting facing up stream but you are going with the current. I guess what i'm learning is that even for practice it is better to be in the waters designed for the boat your in.

We took the new raft in the river on Friday night. I've decided that rafts need to go down river as well. It was funny watching Judy and Dan with the raft. They will get the hang of it with time. The boys took some serious coaxing to get out on the river with me, but they seemed to enjoy it after they realized the were fine. I hope they don't think every boat will flip after our Yuba swamping experience. The good thing is they are very still in the canoe on the river now.