Paddle Power; Traveling Canoemobile gives students opportunity to get out on the Cedar River
Published 9:07 am Wednesday, May 9, 2018
- Canoes filled with Banfield Elementary students pass each other on the Cedar River as guides from the Canoemobile took them up and down a stretch of the river Tuesday. Photos by Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
Thor Knutson guides Banfield Elementary student A’nizha Terry through the act of paddling before heading out onto the Cedar River Tuesday morning.
Area students are getting the opportunity to experience what the Cedar River has to offer up close and personal this week.
Starting Tuesday, students were taken out on the Cedar River by guides with the Wilderness Inquiry’s Canoemobile, a program that shuttles canoes to locations throughout the state for the purpose of introducing people to canoeing.
Young paddlers, starting with Banfield Elementary Tuesday morning, were taken out on the water by the guides just above the Ramsey Dam, where they paddled north toward the old railroad trestle.
The students also learned about water quality as well as what else could be found in the river.
Banfield students are loaded onto a Canoemobile canoe for a jaunt down the Cedar River Tuesday morning.
