After knee surgery on July 10th I had been sitting and lying (mostly lying) around for more than two months in rehab. By September I was going stir-crazy not being able to do anything besides stationary bike and rehab training. Kayaking offered the only outlet at this point. After a few easy trips on local lakes I headed out to Twenty Mile River on a bright September 16th. The Twenty Mile River flows at about 3 mph and being able to average 5-6 mph in the kayak I can make it up the river at 2-3 mph speed. What took 2 1/2 hours to kayak up took only 50 minutes to come back down. This is a great upper body workout ... and fun too.
The flacid lower part of 20-mile river and the nice vistas
Some places the river picks up speed, and I have to output a bit more enrgy to get up!
Fall colors are starting ... already on September 16th
Observe the double (triple) chin ... the result of laying around for over 2 months.
