Dear Juliet,
You are not to be embarrassed, as other notices
point out, swimming at the ol' dog is not
uncommon, nor without loss of equipment. 
Some of the local best have swam there (I
fortunately have been blessed from the scorn
o'de'dog), with another today as a matter of
fact. This boater is one of the areas best for
playpaddling, and has just returned from a trip
in California where he competed, ran creeks, etc. 


He too may have lost some equipment if another
boater hadn't been there to give a helping
hand.
I was there solo today prior to this and took the 


chance that something may have happened to me.
One never knows when a sprayskirt will blow
off,
a drop of water gets into your lungs, a hip
pops
out of its' brace, etc. I took very cautious
rides until another boater was available to
give
needed assistance.
I wish you the best o'luck gettin' your boat
back, and shake off the embarrassment and go
paddle!
As Esterhouse used to say on the old Hill
Street
Blues show: "Let's be careful out there"!

Juliet wrote:
I took an embarassing swim at Dead Dog on
friday
and lost my boat.  We paddled from Dead Dog to
Liberty Lake area on Saturday and didn't find it. 



 If anyone finds it please give me a call at
624-0492 thanks.