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Yes it was a massive storm….out hopes and prayers go out to our friends and family south of here. Yes it was a dynamic day to paddle and swim too Yes…thats a swimmer! Respect  to both TRINOW and DFW Tri Club! And speaking of respect a big thanks to those that keep the swimmera safe…

The numbers…. Air Temp high of 105 HX. 111 CFS 227 Number of river blockages bank to bank 4 So you know what that means….. Yes we went kayaking………. And had a big time too… So we had some other furry friends join us too…. He may be hard to see in that shot… Here…

It was a beautiful day at the lake … We had some friends…we had some food and of course….we had some TRASH Too… Yup…it was like that….we came…we saw…we kicked trashs butt! Some of these pics were taken just before my phone went swimming… And a very very friendly reminder…we linking up with our Friends…

So when you start them young…they really understand when you aay we had trash as tall as you! Because of our awesome volunteers That clean and pick up the yuck…..

Swim support Saturday…. NOT!!!! In fact it was mostly a mirror from LAST Saturdays crazy weather…rain and lighting! But not to worry we were able get the DABS kids on the water during the day on Friday… And on wonderful Wednesday we were at Oak Point with and intro class…. But if course i digress…..…

Lake Ray Roberts and all its bugs..fish… amphibians …and even a prairie dog!!! And even during this intense training…they found time to enjoy the collection method…aka..kayaking and suping… And the really cool part…there was NO Thunderstorms!!!!!   Yeah! Just glass like water and lots of smiles! And dont you wish your professional educator could do…

Branch park for our final pre river training. Check out that glasss we got to paddle on too…it was spectactular! !! Paddle drive by shooting….. Hold that thought as we pivit to HATS boys poat II

We had a big time with the cool folks from the group above…..including the big boss Nancy Powers and her brand spanking new adapative kayak from current designs. Its hard to see but the outriggers attached to the back give the kayak unfilppible stability!!!! She also had some cool hand and wrist mods too..modeled by…

The awesome Denton life guard / kayak cross training event? Its just one of the reason Monicas programs and guards continue to garner awards and such from the pool industry. And a reason why we also need volunteers for water supprt too. Did we talk about the 2 saves we had a week back at…