Kayaking the Whitefish River
Our path (in red)
Ever since we began heading North, and Whitefish was on our planned route, I have been talking to Kerri about kayaking the Whitefish River that cuts through the middle of town. Kerri, who knows more than I do on the subject, kept telling me that our kayaks are not river kayaks and it would be dangerous. I, on the other hand, kept trying to explain that the Whitefish is nothing more than a long, skinny, lake with no risk of rapids. “It’s totally kayak-able” I argued.
See, totally kayak-able!
Finally, once arriving in Whitefish Kerri saw that the river was in fact “totally kayak-able” so we set out for a short 3 mile paddle up the river to the Whitefish Lake to our North. The water was glass-like and easy in all respects. Trees heavily lined the banks offering refuge to a multitude of ducks, geese, and even some deer sprinkled the shoreline on our way through town to the lake.
Passing under Hwy 93
On our return trip a gentle current pushed us South back to our launching point. We were able to put the paddles away at times and just cruise down the stream with no effort at all… at least until the next turn in the river.
PS – I brought the GoPro camera, snapped just a few early images before the battery died. I left the extra battery in the truck… ugh!
