A 24 Hour Trifecta!

Now normally a trifecta this time of year should include skiing (especially when we finally have some snow)....but you take what you can get.  Instead my latest attempt included lunch time kayaking at the Rock Park Whitewater Park, a trail run this morning, and the morning bike ride.  Nothing spectacular, but I'm counting it!

Yeah...pulled out the kayaking gear.  It's been a while.  Found out that neck gaskets disintegrate in Reno.  Definitely got some cold water down the back!

How do you not go kayaking when the flows pop above 2000!!  Sorry...this is the best I can do...didn't bring a camera.

The dog got me up at 4am this morning.  Couldn't go back to sleep.  Might as well run in the dark on icy single track!  Also...it wasn't a 60.2 avg. temp (more like 28)....gps just lives in my pocket

And the obligatory ride to work completes the trifecta.

You're all wet.

No biking in this post.  Don't ask me why, but I was trolling the schedule over at the NW Pool and notice they have a roll session on Monday nights.  Hmmm...I have a truck load of kayak stuff.  Hmmm...it hasn't been out in a while.  Perhaps I should go!?

Boat, Paddle, and Gear bag.  Rather hastily thrown in the truck camper.

And off to the pool we go.

 For the record, while it has been a bit since I kayaked....it has been a really long time since I went to a pool to kayak.  In fact, the last time I went was at the Moana Pool, if that clues you in.  Anyway, I haven't ever been to the NW Pool and I have been thinking about getting back into some swimming.

The place is literally a classic.  It has the same glass work on the front that my high school pool had (circa 1970?).  However, even my high school pool was rebuilt in the 1990's!  But hey, in Reno pools are definitely not all the rage, and this one is pretty well maintained inside. 

So if you like to kayak and you're bored come on down some time.  It definitely wasn't crowded (3 people)!

Truckee River looks like chocolate milk today!

Yeah, it's a really crappy cell picture, but the color is definitely brown!  The flow rate spiked yesterday evening from 350 cubic feet per second (cfs) to more than 500 cps.  Time to grab the kayak and head down to the whitewater park for some fun! 

**Update on this** 
It's probably due to a large mudslide just West of Stateline that shut down both lanes of I80 yesterday evening.

Post 300....not a bicycle in sight for me today!

So I guess this should be a fancy post with a lot of retrospection on the shape this blog has taken.  Ha, it's definitely not going to be that.  It's my blog and I'll do what I want.  So.....Kayaking!

Instead of riding, I had to test out my new to me truck camper.  I decided the best way to do this was to drive it to work and then use it as a changing room for a lunch time kayak run.  Not perhaps a glamorous use of the new rig but fun none the less.

The Rock park whitewater section is just across the road from my office so I parked there and walked up the river path a bit before putting in.

It was lunch time and the park was in full recreation mode when I got there.  With low volume flows this was more of a float trip for me with a few upstream paddle laps to get a workout.  The kids however love the low flow and rafts and good times were all around.

 Unfortunately, the number of people using the park has lead to large amounts of garbage on the river bottom.  You can just make out several cans in the pic above.  What ever happened to personal responsibility and cleaning up after yourself?

 On the up side, all the people has lead to some creative designs in personal bathing pools.  This one made a nice 3 ft deep pool for lounging!

I paddled about a mile and half down river from the park until I decided I didn't want to have to carry the boat too far back up the trail.  All in all, it's not a bike but it sure made for a fun lunch break.  So whatever form your alternative transportation takes, I hope you got out and enjoyed it.