Got bored today and made a run into the Great Smokey Mountains. Hit the river with the Kayak, was wondering why everybody was in wetsuits, only to find the water was a very nice 43*F (warmest this summer). So, with my Kayak and suit on I went down. Hasn't rained in 2 months up there so water was very low, 1 mile into my 8 mile run a loud crack of thunder and down came the rain. I pulled over for 45 minutes while it poured, this turned the river into a bat-s*** crazy ride with class 3-4 rapids and some 4 foot water falls. Was quite the rush I must say. I have never been ejected from a Kayak but I did a total yard sale and floated a half mile in class 3 rapids (if you have done it, you probably never want to again), my kayak was long gone and my paddle was behind me. Water was ice cold and finally beached on a drop zone. A nice couple paddled in with my kayak and paddle in tow. I was so happy.
After that rather interesting episode I loaded the trusty 100 back up and decided I would try something not so....intense. But quickly found out it was. I climbed 5,000FT in 5.8miles, ended up at 6,400FT at a fire lookout station on some crazy FS road with quite the ledge and some of the steepest grade hills I have ever seen in my life. ABS was working full time keeping me on the road, low range first gear couldn't keep my speed down. I would redline it before I slowed down.
Ok, that was my weekend. Now I will go lay in bed and be lazy again. I have had enough for one day LOL. iPad worked out fabulous, never lost service, GPS never skipped a beat and had Pandora cranked the whole way up. Ram Mount does move a bit, but it doesn't bother me
and the last one, me finding the tip angle on the 100, I needed more lean!