Kayakers Have To Be Crazy....

I am fortunate enough to live only minutes from a beautiful lake and two different rivers.  I went out yesterday morning to the Nantahala River.  Now we are experiencing a bit of a cold snap, it was about 50 or so at my house and it's usually at least 10 degrees cooler in the Gorge.  The water?  Fricking cold!  "Nantahala" means "Land of the Noon Day Sun".  The only time the sun actually hits the water is at around Noon.  This means that even in the middle of the hot summer the water temp is only about 48 degrees.  Imagine how damn cold it was yesterday morning!  Did this keep people out of the water?  Nope.  Not the kayakers, hence my belief they all have to be a bit crazy.

here he comes starting down the "Falls"

the most popular spot for them

He's made it over

heading back in

ah yeah, the sweet spot

oh crap, where did he go?

 

there he is!

did you SEE that!