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Last night was another beautiful evening to be canoeing and kayaking on the Ottawa River! The NorthWest Ohio River Runners paddled out on the Ottawa River from the HP Landing on Shoreland Ave., leaving at 6:30. We paddled up the river to the CSX railroad bridge, at which point, Lorraine broke out the Girl Scout cookies and cheese, but for got the Wine!!!! LOL There were 12 kayaks and one canoe, great turnout!
Don’t forget next week we will have a meeting at the Friendship Center with Kim Kaseman presenting information on birds we might encounter while paddling in NorthWest Ohio!
All are welcomed!!
 Ron and Winona Anderson, with grandchildren
There will be a meeting to have an informative presentation on Birding, presented by Kim Kaseman of the Toledo Metroparks.
There is no charge and open to the public.
This meeting will be instead of having an outing (no Outing Tuesday May 22nd) and will be at the Friendship Park Community Center on 131st. St., starting at 6:30pm., go to “meeting and events info” at the top of this page for location and more information.
Next Saturday We will have an outing down in Defiance, on the Maumee river!
This is the Maumee Valley Tri-Adventure race, May 19th, 2012, this is a Tri-Athalon – starting with a 36 mile biking, 6 miles of canoe or kayaking, finally 6 miles of hiking with a back pack. The Boating starts at Independence Dam near Defiance, ending at Florida, 6 miles.
Larry Lindsay, coordinator of this event, would like the NWORR and North West Ohio Canoe and Kayak (Defiance) club’s members to help him. He needs our help to “police” the 6 mile route for safety, making sure life vest are on and secured also for any dangerous situation a paddler might encounter while in the competition.
We will need 5-7 of our members to be available on Saturday May 19th, 2012 with their canoe/kayaks at Independence Dam.
for more information please go to their web site: www.http://maumeetriadventurerace.net/
We can work out the transporting of Canoe/Kayaks as the event gets closer!
Let us know if you’re interested, that would be a great Saturday Outing!
I can’t remember all of you that have volunteered, but below is who I do remember!
Dave Zobler
Bob Pulhuj
Lorraine Shlipf
Kevin Schlip
please contact bob nscaleloco@yahoo.com if you can help out
Tuesday evening’s outing, the first of this year, was attended by 11 paddlers!
The weather was great, low 70′s and a breeze coming out of the west, making the paddle of returning to the HP Landing from Summit St. a little bit challenging.
We had a “guest” rider, “Kernel”, who rode along with John Randolph, as pictured below!
Even Kernel knows the importance of safety, by wearing his life vest!
Tomorrow, Thursday May 10th, is the last day to get your money to Dave Zobler, if you’re planing on joining us on the Jordan River outing, and staying at the Ski Lodge-!
here is the list of those that have paid so far,
Dave Zobler
Pat Groves
Robin Rex
Mary Densic
Kevin W Schlipf
Lorraine Schlipf
Kari H.
Ray & Diane Radabaugh
John Sinkovic
Chris Bachmayer
get in touch with Dave, 419-726-9628
Please note that the next meeting is on
Thursday , April 26th,
not Wednesday -just for this one meeting!
Ohio Division of Natural Resources, ODNR – Watercraft Division,
will be at the Vision of Cullen Park meeting
guest speaker will be Phil Miller, resource Planning administrator
Thursday April 26th, 6:30 pm, at CrossPoint Community Church
which is Located at 4212 Onondaga Avenue, Toledo, OH (Point Place)
near Lehman and 283rd Streets.
Questions will be welcomed!
Next Tuesday, April 24th @ 6:30 Pm, at Friendship Park Community Center, will be the 3rd installment of the paddle sport safety classes presented by the Coast Guard Aux. and also NWORR business meeting!
Please Don’t forget that if you would like to join us for the “Jordan River Outing 2012“ (June 8,9,10th) please make sure that you see Bruce Schafer at the meeting, to reserve and pay for the Toledo Ski Lodge stay. Also make sure that you and all your friends that plan on going, need to have your membership in good standing (you must be a 2012 paid member). May 10th is last day to pay and hold your reservation. You can contact
Dave Zobler at dave.zobler@yahoo.com
We will let the Livery that we are using, the expected number of people for that weekend, also how many will be bringing or renting canoe/kayaks.
Don’t forget that starting May 1st. that We will be starting our weekly Tuesday evening outings at the Howard Pinkley Landing on Shoreland Ave., you can find a map if you go to “Public Landing Sites” on the right side of this Web site .
We also will be having our first of the 2012 season Saturday Outings. May 19th will be an outing and a community service project, by helping the Maumee Valley Tri-Adventuren Race , Please go to “Meetings and Events Info” (on the left side of this page) for more information! Please let us know if your will plan on attending- we need 6 to 10 crafts in the water to help patrol the water portion of the race!
Don’t forget our Facebook page,
click on this link – Facebook/group/ NWORR , in which we keep in touch with each other daily. So if some one has a question or says “who wants to go paddling” at the last minute, you’ll see it there, and a lot of off the cuff comments!
We just want it to be fun and clean, so please no negative postings, if you have a concern with a posting, please contact that person direct and take it off the NWORR page, Thank You!
See you at the meeting !!!
We have an outing planned for the weekend of June 8 (Friday), thru the 10th, 2012. Come and join us for a weekend to remember on the beautiful Jordan River in East Jordan MI. (near Boyne City)
We will be staying at the Toledo Ski Lodge near Boyne City, MI,
Single: $17 per night
Family (2 adults,1 child): $34 per night
We will need to collect your money for your Lodging reservation by May 10th
Livery Cost for each trip down the Jordan:
If you bring your own canoe/kayak, they will charge $8 for transporting
you and your craft from the livery, to the drop-off spot
To rent a canoe/kayak from the Livery, they will charge about $24 – $30 each
Cost does not include transportation from Toledo, but we will try to work with people to “double up” on driving and transporting equipment . We are planning one paddle trip per day, Saturday and Sunday, with a Saturday night cook-out. NWORR will provide hamburgers, hot dogs and buns, you will need to bring whatever else you would like to eat, the Lodge has kitchen facilities to store and cook your food.
Itinerary
Friday will be a travel day up there, with Saturday and Sunday, being the 2 possible days of paddling, with a Saturday cookout.
Not comfortable at the lodge,
there are other accommodations close by for you to contact:
Brown Trout Motel – www.browntroutmotel.com
Comfort Inn -www.comfortinn.com
Boyne Valley Lodge – www.boynevalleylodge.com
Camp grounds: Fisherman’s Island & Young State Park:
www.michigandnr.com/parksandtrails/ (Charlevoix county)
Space limited so reserve your spot now
Make Check payable to:
“Toledo Ski Lodge”
For the number of nights You are planing on staying at the Toledo Ski Lodge.
If not a member. send a separate membership check of $15 (single) or $20 (family)
payable to
“NWORR”
Then mail checks to:
Dave Zobler
2602 102nd St.
Toledo, Ohio 43611
or bring it to a Tuesday Evening outing
Trip must be paid in full by May 10th or your spot will be reassigned,
or come to the April24th meeting to learn more and to make your reservation
You need to be members in good standing to participate in outing,
this is a liability issue with the insurance company!
We added a link to “Ohio Game Fishing” on the right side of this page,
under “Helpfull Links”, for the many of you who fish from the shore or from your canoe/kayak!
www.ohiogamefishing.com
Dave had a short business meet first, then Pat and Robin from the US Coast Guard Auxiliary presented the second of a three part paddle sport safety class, again, they out did themselves!!
If you were not there, you missed a very informative safety class!
The video that they showed “Cold Water Boot Camp” is a must see. This video shows will convince you as to why you should always wear a PFD (life vest) while on the water.
“Cold Water Boot Camp” is on You Tube, go to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1xohI3B4Uc
Please view this 10 minute video, it could save your life,family member or friend, share it with everyone you know, who canoes, kayaks or any type of water activity, even in the summer time!
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