{"id":15230,"date":"2024-10-09T16:40:59","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T21:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=15230"},"modified":"2024-10-09T16:41:01","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T21:41:01","slug":"a-midmorning-paddle-on-zink-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=15230","title":{"rendered":"A Midmorning Paddle on Zink Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Last Monday, I finished my morning reading tutoring at an elementary school here in Tulsa and decided by gum I was going to go kayaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So I ventured to the Arkansas River, upstream of Zink Lake Dam and rented a kayak for a couple of hours from the vendor there. I helped her carry it down to the new kayak launch that the city of Tulsa had installed. It was pretty cool. You put your kayak in slot where it is partly in the water and then you push against the handrails and you are launched!! No wading in the murk to get going. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’ve been kind of in a funk lately. One knee is giving me problems and I got a steroid injection a month ago. It worked great for a week or so and then it started aching again. So think I do too much but then I don’t do anything which is not good. Well Kayaking is very knee friendly!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I cruised past some redone murals on the river shore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I thought the kayaking was cool. I’ve been running, walking, and bicycling both banks of the Arkansas River and Zink Lake for over 30 years. Now I was in the water and seeing things I’ve never seen before. A completely different perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I love this view. It is cathedral like. A cathedral with graffiti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There was hardly a breeze, the temperature was slightly on the cool side and the sky is beautiful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The new Williams Crossing pedestrian bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Headed back north with a view of downtown Tulsa where I worked for 30 years. I was waving at my former coworkers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The very beginning of the vegetation changing color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of the two boat ramps on the west side of the lake (or river.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Headed back under the 21st street bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Checking out the RiverWest Festival Park. RiverParks is having their annual Oktoberfest soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And now back to the Kayak dock. I had a great time!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n