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Kayaking during the fair of St. CasimirForecast for the 2nd of March says +3, snow/rain, wind W 6(13)m/s, 733mm. Pretty shitty, a? Nevertheless, 8 kayaks with 2 people in each are ready for nice rowing in the river Vilnele, who gave the name for our capital Vilnius.
The first tree lying across the river forces me to jump out on it. My partner-driver has such a big blue eyes!!! He's desperately holding the tree with this hands round about it. Well, we straighten the kayak and he leaves me alone standing and waving for others. I walk the tree to the shore meanwhiles watching how another kayak repeats the same error, but their ship goes directly under the tree... Well, it's just the beginning.
Next interesting place is the waterfall of Belmontas. Survival of an old water-mill separates the main stream into three parts: two cascades of about 4 meters (where the guys with inflatable boats jump down), and a 7 step way down for crazy kayakers. Somebody is swimming, somebody gathers a lot of water and sinks at the finish line, somebody jumps down from the cascade, somebody is taking the waterfall for th third time, because somebody refused to go down in a boat.
The next part is not so interesting, nevertheless somebody is trying the cold March water once again. The lucky ones are going down with a perfect smiles, waving for the people with umbrellas on the bridges, wet because of the rain, but happy.
We finish after 5 bridges in the river Neris. It's big and boring for kayaking, but this is the end for a nice beginning of the spring. Next week we'll try another river. Season is open ;)
