A good day in the field

Although rain showers were forecasted for the entire day, our time spend in the field we mostly rain free. That is not to say it was not wet. We spent about 6 hours kayaking up and down the "upper part" of the blue river. This river is one of the only  naturally un-dammed rivers in oklahoma. WHat this means is that the river has several "rapids", water moving from a higher elevation to a lower elevation in a relatively short distance. The blue river could never be a place for adrenaline junkies to seek the thrill of the white water. These "mini rapids" turned into an energy drenching barrier, requiring us to portage frequently and sometime over 100m. At least we were out of that dang poisoned ivey.