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Running shuttle used to irk me. You could run a front-end shuttle or a back end shuttle. And you usually weren’t lucky enough to be camping at the put-in or the take-out. If there were a lot of vehicles moving a lot of boats, you had to figure out who was driving what with what boats strapped on and whether you were going to the put-in first to drop off boats or the take-out first to drop off shuttle vehicles, which had to have enough racks to carry away all the boats unless you wanted to leave one vehicle there with which to take all the drivers back to their vehicles at the put-in… Oh, it’s baffling.
Running shuttle is a logistical mess, at least the way we used to do it. I particularly don’t care for shuttling that involves hitching back to your vehicle, either at the front or back end of the paddling. I’ve been very lucky and gotten rides from some very nice people, but I still feel goofy standing on the highway in paddling clothes with my thumb stuck out. Which isn’t to say I mind picking up other paddlers. That’s never bothered me. Weird.
Here’s your second extra cartoon this week! Thanks again to everyone who dropped coin into the tip jar (that’s the ‘You & Hubris’ button in the column down the left hand side of the page). I’ll mail out thank-yous to those who have told me your snail-mail addresses. Everybody else, say “Thanks for the extra cartoons” to the folks who clicked and paypalled and all that stuff.
Today’s cartoon might confuse anyone who’s not familiar with rivers that provide Dam Releases for recreational purposes. The Gauley and The Ocoee are a couple that do this. The first time I went to the Ocoee, I assumed my chain was being yanked when told that the trickle of water in the riverbed would become a full-blown river “when they turned the water on in the morning”. Since then, I’ve sat at the put-in of the river with my kayak, and watched the Surge. It’s very nice.
Keep your eyes open for the next few days. I’m proud to say I owe you guys an extra couple of comics strips in the coming week. They’ll show up on what are normally ‘off’ days in the coming week. ‘Cause you rock. Completely and totally rock.
