Boating in spring

After I think 2 year break, this spring I was boating again. I will use word boating as this I think is closer to real situation. Some may say it is rafting, but… it is not completely so, but maybe sometimes could be.

April 5th - River Amata
I never liked to wake up early. Even thought that this is because of river does not make the antipathy less. But at the moment when I start to get ready for boating – dress , inflate the boat. But the feeling when boat is brought to river un I sit in it… super. Feeling is great. So was this time… the same moment I got into boat, I understood that I want my own inflatable boat, to row myself and if (un)lucky fall into water.
This trip turned out to be quite interesting. Shortly after start at the hydropower station Modris got hole in his boat… and in the water pants and neoprene and also knee got kick.
Although it didn’t seem that water is rapid, one of Hungarian tourists going on kayak lost his paddle and was transshipped to Janis boat.
April 10th – River Veseta
First “raft” for my new boat Nyrok. It was tested the best way ;) – 2 times I swam: first water held my Nyrok and it turned up side down. Second time I wanted to hold at the tree branch while others get by me :D:D:D Branch was so smart (or I so stupid) ;) that got me off the boat.

<- pic from www.azarts.lv