Topic: Newcomers day - June 13th

[windowshade]

John and I saw a wild turkey (I won't name names...he,he,he...)

Paul

[meiko]

Thanks for a great day of paddling on Saturday!  I'm looking forward to many more excellent days on the river this summer!

-Meiko

[LouisD]

Some of us also saw 2 white tail deers, on the right bank.

[Sandra K]

Truly fabulous day on the river Surfing below Garvins was my favourite. It's like riding a bull. And Paul, for the record, you need to wait your turn. Didn't grade 1 teach you anything!

What a fun crowd of people we have in this club!

Sandra

P.S. We also saw a bear a kilometer before River Run take out. It was large and healthy. Apparently eat  food from Wilderness Tour guests.

[LouisD]

Good to have you with us Eric.
We all hope to see more of you; swimming or not. 

I had a great day as well.
On a personal note, it was nice to see someone else than myself pull a Louis in Little Trickle...

[eric barker]

Hey Everyone,

I had a great day yesterday and thanks for everyone's help. Bill did a great job organizing the trip and yelling at me "SWIM SWIM!" at the lower noname. I had a lot fun and lots of laughs.

Thanks,
Eric

[windowshade]

We had a great day, with 19 paddlers present. The middle was still high at 15.30 and very fluffy, excellent for bringing newcomer to paddle. A few swims of no consequence, a few firsts, like Tibor running without swimming (I still hear him shout his glee, actually my ears are ringing...LOL). We finished at Ceilidh's friend's place, Tim, and had a great after Paddle party with great food, lots of stories and great prizes. We got to meet Tibor's lovely wife Yana and their daughter Barbara. I also learned that Sandra doesn't like to share...LOL.

Great organisation Bill, textbook fun day!

Paul

[windowshade]

I'm bringing an ACE baguette with some spicy oil and red wine vinager dip to share...yum!

Paul 

[windowshade]

There will be prizes for paddlers who distinguish themselves tomorrow by having the most original lines through any rapids, the most interesting swims..., the best trick on Angels Kiss or the waves below Garvins, the best Phapher, you get the message... Thanks to Paddle Shack for donating some of these prizes and greatly reducing the cost on the others.

Paul

[paddler Adam]

He is the friend of the gracious lady who is letting us host the after paddle party.

Are you coming with us Adam?

Paul

no sorry cant but il see you at the after paddle its about 30 second walk from my house

[windowshade]

He is the friend of the gracious lady who is letting us host the after paddle party.

Are you coming with us Adam?

Paul

[paddler Adam]

who is Tim he lives one my street i think i need to get to know this guy

[windowshade]

I'll be at Westage Mall at 8am to carpool.

Paul

[Bill Schlarb]

Hi folks,

As promised, here are details


This Saturday, June 13th, is the club's annual Newcomer Day.
We will be running the Middle Channel of the Ottawa River: meet at RiverRun at 10am.
The level today as posted on the OWL-MKC site is 15 1/4

The Apr?s-paddle BBQ is being hosted in the west end of Ottawa at Tim Kitigawa's house, very newly minted member and a friend of Ceilidh Snider . Significant others and friends are welcome to join us. 
Bring your own drinks and meat/veggie for BBQing, perhaps a salad or dessert to share.  Bring a chair as well if you wish. The BBQ is planned to start at 6:00 PM and continue until 9:30 or 10:00 PM.

Some salads, condiments and desserts will be provided. 
Prizes to reward the day's highlights will be drawn as well...
 
 
Directions to RiverRun: (from their website: http://www.riverrunners.com/)
From Ottawa, Approximate driving time: 1.75 hours
- Travel west on Hwy 417
- Hwy 417 will become Hwy 17 just outside of Ottawa. Continue on this road
- Drive past Renfrew to the Storyland exit
- Turn right and travel to the Four Corners stop sign
- Proceed straight through, approx. 10 km and turn right at our sign on Kohlsmith Rd
- Continue through to stop sign which will be Foresters Falls Rd
- Kohlsmith Rd becomes Grant Settlement Rd on the other side of Foresters Falls Rd
- Proceed straight through onto Grants Settlement Rd and follow the RiverRun signs to the Resort
 
 
Directions to Tim's house:
Tim Kitigawa: 613-831-1778, 48 Delamere Dr.

From The Queensway East or West:

Take the Carp Road exit and drive south                2.0 km
Turn right at Hazeldean Rd                                   0.6 km
Turn left at West Ridge Dr                                   0.2 km
Turn left at Delamere Dr                                   0.2 km
Turn right to stay on Delamere Dr                          0.1 km

Here's a Google Maps link:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=45.280564,-75.95664&daddr=48+delamere+road+ottawa&hl=en&geocode=&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=0&sz=14&sll=45.269329,-75.948572&sspn=0.041801,0.073214&ie=UTF8&z=14
 
Hope to see you all there!
CdB Exec 2009

[eric barker]

Thanks for the update Bill. Looking forward to it!

Eric