Bonniebrooke was nice. First time for me. Saw bill cartwheel his kayak! Fortunately he pretty much rescued himself, with the help of Paul and Jeff. Me, it was Jim who pulled me out of the water. There was one pointy rock under my romp. Ouch.
It was just a silly little drop! But the bridge we had to duck was a few inches lower than it should have been... Oops, what was its weight rating? Someone will have to donsome repair work... Anyway. Hitting your helmet on a wood beam can mess up your boof...
We saw firsthand the importance of having your rope with you when scouting a rapid!
Rest of the river went (mostly) without hitch. A few other icy bridges to limbo under, nice rapids, classic Quebec situation: somebody walked into the restaurant with a case of beers and started drinking them! How rude! And how many dogs live on that river? Insane!
Back tomorrow for round 2.
--C.
