K-1: Jeff Bickford, Devon Carter, Kevin McKenzie, Clyde Mitchell, Sean Green, Jacob Bourdeau, Suzanne Cole, Gary Cole – Trip Coordinator
OC-1: Kenny DeCoster, Connor Marland
OC-2: Krea & Ryan Galway
Raft: Sean & Jade Kluttx
Raft: Troad Richmond, Martha & Anna-Spring Doerfler
We had a weather window and took advantage of it. It was overcast when we put on the river and our plan was to have fun and get off before the rain really came down. We surfed a bit at the usual spots near the beginning of the river. There were some good rides by a number of the boaters. We moved down the river fairly quickly toward the lunch spot. We had a quick lunch and got back on the river. From here down the river picks up and really gets your attention. Everyone had good lines in the rapid with the hole and through Bump ‘Em. The tree that was around the corner at the bottom of Bump ‘Em is gone. In fact, there were only 3 or 4 trees in the river and none of them were in a place that would have caused problems. About two rapids after Bump ‘Em, we had a swimmer. It took awhile to get the boat to shore. However, having the rafts made getting the boat and paddler back together easy. We quickly continued on down the river to the nice wave before the takeout. A number of the paddlers had some good rides on this wave, especially the OC-2. We did not linger as it was beginning to sprinkle and we wanted to beat the rain. We got the shuttle done and were headed out when the rain came down in earnest. We had five paddlers who had not paddled the Kennebago before and they really enjoyed it.