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Looking at navigation on a very basic level, you'll find colored buoys on almost any waterway that has regular motorized boat traffic. The red and green buoys are there to define the main channel and the safest path for powerboats to take. To help remember where the main channel is, use the rule of three "R"s: red, right, returning, which simply means if you're paddling upstream on a river or if you're returning from open water, you'll want to keep the red markers on your right side to stay in the main boating channel.


The Oconto River changes complexion many times on its way from Lakewood to Green Bay. This section, however, is best suited (and highly recommended) for whitewater paddlers both upstream, and (especially) down. The convenience of a basecamp as charming and pretty as this for redoing sections make this a popular paddle-camp choice. After an exciting day of whitewater, there are few better ways to end it than spending it beneath the stars listening to the sounds of Bagley Rapids. In fact, many non-paddlers camp here just to enjoy the sound of the rapids, before eventually lulling them to sleep.




Wherever there is a channel for water, there is a road for the canoe.




A: The Texas Supreme Court has stated that the bed of a stream is "that portion of its soil which is alternately covered and left bare as there may be an increase or diminution in the supply of water, and which is adequate to contain it at its average and mean stage during an entire year, without reference to the extra freshets of the winter or spring or the extreme drouths of the summer or autumn.5" Not clear? Again, the Texas Supreme Court: The streambed is that land between the "gradient boundary" on each bank. The gradient boundary is defined as "a gradient of the flowing water in the stream, and is located midway between the lower level of the flowing water that just reaches the cut bank and the higher level of it that just does not overtop the cut bank.6" Clear as mud? Blame it on those civil judges.


The Netherlands doesn't have the world's greatest car culture. Sure, the Dutch are a forward-thinking people who currently lead the world in the race for self-driving cars and plan to make all new cars emissions-free by 2030. They've even developed the world's first biodegradable car. But it's also a small, densely populated country, full of good public transport options and cycling aficionados, so vehicle ownership there is just 0.52 cars per capita, less than most of the E.U. And in one quaint Dutch village, there are no cars at all. No roads, either.


It's also hard to believe, there may be some occasions where you want to flip a kayak on purpose. In fact, many expert paddlers suggest learning how to flip a kayak because it increases confidence in the water, especially in challenging conditions such as the open ocean. 2ff7e9595c


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