Day 222 and 223 (quick post) 07/16/2010
It's been a busy two days and it's already way past my bed time so I have to keep this short. Yesterday (Day 222) I had a short day as I paddled in to Stony Point near Monroe MI to stay with Kim Harper from the local paddling club. At dinner Kim and I met up with Ed Webber with whom I am staying tonight. By giving it to Ed to take home with him, I took advantage of the rare opportunity to pass my gear along to my next stop and enjoyed a lighter than normal boat to paddle today. At about 10:00 this morning (Day 223) I pulled out of Lake Erie after entering it just 11 days ago on July 5th. Almost right away I was faced with the realities of paddling upstream on the Detroit river. Thank goodness I had the ligher boat because my speed was already cut almost in half from what it was on the open lake. It was still a nice paddle and I made it to Bell Isle where Ed was waiting for me at the only sand beach we could find in the Detroit area. While Ed was doing me the huge favor of picing me up, the Detroit Police department was giving him a ticket. The unsympathetic cop wouldn't skip the parking ticket and said he was already doing us a favor by not citing us for landing at that beach without a permit from the parks department. Isn't it great that we have the police force out there keeping us safe. Tomorrow it's a couple more miles upstream on the Detroit river then across Lake St. Claire and a bit beyond if the weather and time allows. I'll try to fill out the rest of the story for the last two days when I have time. CommentsSteven Krause 07/17/2010 1:24:13 pm I wonder if the Detroit Police Department got its training from Mayberry's Deputy Barney Fife. Steve Brennan 07/17/2010 8:16:05 pm I take it that just because you feel you are doing something cool the laws should not apply to you and your friends well they do so tell your friend to pay his fine and be thankful it is the only citation written. The Police are there to enforce all laws, even the ones you seem to think you are above!! Aaron Stachovak 07/17/2010 8:41:54 pm WoW - Steve "chill" - You must be a Lions fan :) Luke Stachovak 07/17/2010 10:22:34 pm Gotta love the uber dedicated police officer. Keeping the streets of Detroit clear of scum like you! Steve Sapienza 07/17/2010 11:24:03 pm "the police are there to inforce the law" are you kidding me, who is this clown. I can only assume you haven't walked, driven or lived the streets of Detroit. What laws? War zone known as Detroit and Belle Isle is dog eat dog and you want to enforce parking tickets. Funny the only police I have ever seen on Belle Isle were parked in the woods sleeping on duty in the squad car. Thank you kayakers of Detroit as I did promise Jake you would step up for him. I also promised or warned him that Detroti was a hell hole and I was right again. mark watson 07/18/2010 7:55:17 am when are you going to be in lexington, are you planning on spending the night here or passing by. Tootie 07/18/2010 7:56:12 am Guess your parents never taught you that if you can't say anything nice it is best to say nothing at all! I know Jake in no way feels he is above the law. When you are in a new territory you do not know where you can or cannot take out your Kayak. Happy paddling Jake. Looking forward to your next post. r.j. 07/19/2010 11:33:28 pm Been away for awhile so just got back to your blog today. Nowadays the cops are assholes wherever you go. Had one out here in Seattle kick the ---- out of a little black girl. Wasn't long after that 5 other Seattle area cops paid the price. Had another "cowboy cop" shoot a guy 8 times in the back and got off. They are all a bunch of pussies. Hard to be sypathetic when all they show you is this "cowboy cop" crap. And "no" I would NEVER AGAIN bother to call a cop if I needed one. Been there, done that. Out here they don't show up unless they can be a "cowboy". 07/21/2010 4:50:06 pm I appreciate the Detroit police enforcing this no parking zone since it can force cars into the nearby bike lane. There are two parking lots near the beach so there's no need to park or stand on the road. 07/21/2010 5:00:12 pm Correction. It is illegal to launch a boat from a Detroit city park <b>without</b> a pass Leave a Reply | Best of the Blog
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