WOW.  I believe the appropriate response to this development is an excited, “Holy crap!” Caveat: with sewage and drowning concerns (and expense: trips are $50), this may not be family-friendly fun, but it’s certainly great news for those of us who want to see the L.A. River reclaimed, and for those of us who love to kayak flat water but have no place within easy distance of L.A. in which to practice the sport. hereonmystar: latimes: Canoe, kayak trips planned along stretch of L.A. River: The 3-mile route along the San Fernando Valley’s Sepulveda Basin flood control channel will take participants through dense vegetation in water up to 15 feet deep. Tickets for the Los Angeles River adventure are expected to go on sale as early as July 8, and promoters are promising a ride like no other. Glen Jochimsen makes his way past a large graffiti image painted on the concrete banks of the L.A. River during a section known as the Glendale Narrows. View more photos on Framework. Credit: Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times This is something I would like to do! I live right by Sepulveda. Click for high-res image

WOW.  I believe the appropriate response to this development is an excited, “Holy crap!”

Caveat: with sewage and drowning concerns (and expense: trips are $50), this may not be family-friendly fun, but it’s certainly great news for those of us who want to see the L.A. River reclaimed, and for those of us who love to kayak flat water but have no place within easy distance of L.A. in which to practice the sport.

hereonmystar:

latimes:

Canoe, kayak trips planned along stretch of L.A. River: The 3-mile route along the San Fernando Valley’s Sepulveda Basin flood control channel will take participants through dense vegetation in water up to 15 feet deep.

Tickets for the Los Angeles River adventure are expected to go on sale as early as July 8, and promoters are promising a ride like no other.

Glen Jochimsen makes his way past a large graffiti image painted on the concrete banks of the L.A. River during a section known as the Glendale Narrows. View more photos on Framework. Credit: Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times

This is something I would like to do! I live right by Sepulveda.

(Source: Los Angeles Times)

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    Dear friends: Yes? Yes.
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    Los Angeles River adventure”?? Why do people need a ticket...kayak on the LA River? Better...
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    This boat tour in L.A. looks like a real adventure. Would you sign up for something like this?
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    This is something I would like to do! I live right by Sepulveda.
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