I played hooky yesterday and went paddling. With the storm earlier this week I wanted to catch something. I knew that I couldn’t paddle this weekend, so it was now or never.

We paddled the Upper Millers from Royalston to Athol in MA. The canoes outnumbered the kayaks on this trip (6 canoes to 3 kayaks), and my old Encore was feeling a little long-in-the-tooth with all the nice Millbrook boats (1 Blink, 1 Outrage, and 2 Shachos).

The level was a little higher than usual, so I spent most of my time dodging rocks and dumping out my boat. Not sure if it is me or the boat (probably both), but the guys in the Millbrooks were hitting the biggest waves, and bailing out their boats with sponges.

Good time had by all - few picture (and one video here)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/eckilson/albums/72157687916921131/with/37424082654/

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