I'm Dave Crerar a new member to Squarerock. I'm studying for a brief period in Toronto at the moment, but this summer I spent the first part in Downtown Chicago working for Kayak Chicago and then on to the Ottawa to work with the Ottawa Kayak School and the Keener Program. It was an unbelievealbe way to experience the Ottawa as you not only get to appreciate all the play features but you also get to explore the whole river from an instructors point of view. I'm even bringing my 50 year old mother down the river in late October!
While I was there the river fell from around 1 to minus 2 so I got to see a number of the rivers features including Corner wave, Left Side horse shoe, push button and of course Garb. I spent as much time as I could on Garb and Corner Wave, sometimes it meant going straight back out after a days paddling with work, but it was all well worth it. I was in the new Super Star, a big boat I know, but as my gran used to say I'm "built like a brick sh!*t house", and it goes off, this boat made my summer, I can't wait to get it back out on the water. Down to study for a few months now but hopefully I'll find a few paddlers down here in Toronto to have a bit of craic with.....
