Heidi, looking a little swollen after swimming for Spinny
Spinny Escapes: Part 1
So, when we were out on the Kent Peninsula we had a zodiac on Nauyuk Lake. Zippy is a nice, sturdy zodiac with a peppy 4-stroke 15 hp motor. There is a set of rapids that joins Nauyuk Lake to the Arctic Ocean and this set of rapids is impassable to zodiacs. So, on the ocean side we had an inflatable dinghy (no motor, no keel). The dinghy’s name is Spinny, named for her incredible penchant for spinning.
Well, we may or may not have miscalculated the height of tide at this particular location. Emerging from the cabin after a satisfying lunch of nut bread and cashew butter, Marilynn watched Heidi yell, “SPINNY!!!!” and run down the hill as fast as one wearing waders and dodging hummocks can run. Heidi thought she could still grab Spinny with her waders on. Marilynn, meanwhile, grabbed Heidi a long iron pole that happened to be lying on shore. Heidi charged into the water, extended the extremely heavy pole, and felt herself slide down an extraordinarily slippy piece of algae-covered bedrock. Deciding that all was lost anyway, she dropped the pole and started swimming (in waders) after Spinny. Spinny was retrieved, and Marilynn laughed for at least 15 minutes at Heidi’s waders, so full of water that she looked like she was 300 lbs.
We have decided that Spinny is a recalcitrant teenager, bent on escape.
So, when we were out on the Kent Peninsula we had a zodiac on Nauyuk Lake. Zippy is a nice, sturdy zodiac with a peppy 4-stroke 15 hp motor. There is a set of rapids that joins Nauyuk Lake to the Arctic Ocean and this set of rapids is impassable to zodiacs. So, on the ocean side we had an inflatable dinghy (no motor, no keel). The dinghy’s name is Spinny, named for her incredible penchant for spinning.
Well, we may or may not have miscalculated the height of tide at this particular location. Emerging from the cabin after a satisfying lunch of nut bread and cashew butter, Marilynn watched Heidi yell, “SPINNY!!!!” and run down the hill as fast as one wearing waders and dodging hummocks can run. Heidi thought she could still grab Spinny with her waders on. Marilynn, meanwhile, grabbed Heidi a long iron pole that happened to be lying on shore. Heidi charged into the water, extended the extremely heavy pole, and felt herself slide down an extraordinarily slippy piece of algae-covered bedrock. Deciding that all was lost anyway, she dropped the pole and started swimming (in waders) after Spinny. Spinny was retrieved, and Marilynn laughed for at least 15 minutes at Heidi’s waders, so full of water that she looked like she was 300 lbs.
We have decided that Spinny is a recalcitrant teenager, bent on escape.
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