{"id":4640,"date":"2012-08-06T22:44:19","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T02:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caskeys.com\/dc\/?p=4640"},"modified":"2012-08-28T15:56:06","modified_gmt":"2012-08-28T19:56:06","slug":"dc-double-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caskeys.com\/dc\/dc-double-d\/","title":{"rendered":"DC & Double D"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been a while since I logged any adventure in my adventure section hasn’t it? Far too long I think. Of course, it’s a bit difficult to record things on a broken blog, and boy was it. That is now fixed<\/a>. The next step is to actually have something to add. Problem is I’m not really all that great at getting “backlogged” adventures up, and for a couple of weeks I haven’t had anything new to contribute.<\/p>\n

As it happens some wackiness a few weeks ago (that I’ll hopefully get posted, but probably not :P) resulted in someone asking me nicely to “be more careful with myself”<\/em> as it were, which in turn really puts a damper on random exploration. Believe it or not I didn’t mind a bit; it was probably the first time anyone had shown me honest concern instead of some smarmy “don’t go die!”<\/em> derision. The whole thing came from WAY out of left field, but I still found it heart warming and so was willing to comply. Ultimately though it turns out said concern (along with many other things) was a complete farce. Obviously when I figured that out any agreement was immediately null and void. Depressing to say the least, and not something I want to divulge all the details about publicly. But hey, at least I’m free to do my thing again right?<\/del> Edit: Or not? Time will tell, but perhaps I made a hasty assumption. Communication is key.<\/em><\/p>\n

Sooooo, blog fixed, freedom restored. Nothing left but to recover my full strength and find something to do with it. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

That something took the form of a second trip up the Dix River to get better photographs of the dam apparatus. On my previous trip<\/a> I did not have the necessary camera equipment needed to get worthwhile photos. A little high def GoPro video augmented by some 8MP still shots would fix that right up. Or at least, it would have if I could learn to leave on time. I didn’t get to the dam until well after dark, and as anyone else who uses a GoPro can tell you, the one flaw they have is needing an abundance of light. Ahh well, at least I still got to see it for myself. As an added bonus, the darkness gave me an opportunity to climb around for some up close & personal looks at the pen-stocks, dam structure and a few other nick knacks.<\/p>\n

Sadly I did not run into Dan this time<\/a>, making it just a Dam, & Dix trip. Would have liked to chat with him again, but since I still need photos I’ll be back soon enough. Maybe next time.<\/p>\n

Here is the footage I did take, along with a route plot. The video runs from put in to just about the first rapid, at which point I turned the camera off since it was obviously not going to record much else from that point. Just for extra fun, the sensors in my GPS went awry a bit (just a tiny bit) sending my plot on a 21,000+ mile detour; averaging over 5000kph! Now THAT’S some paddling!<\/p>\n