Rhodie

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• Commented on Kayaking the LA River, Day 3: Marsh Park to Long Beach
  Again, check with the Corps on this, because I believe they don't dispute that a canoe can go from beginning to end of the river -- only that 48 out of 52 miles are NOT "traditional navigable waters" (TNWs). And...
• Commented on Kayaking the LA River, Part 2: East Valley to Marsh Park
  OK, hold it a sec'. First of all, I don't believe they finished this day in Long Beach (as the blurb says). Second, how the hell can they just go through the dam (isn't there someone monitoring the thing who...
• Commented on Kayaking the LA River, Part 1
  Oh, and fantastic photos, Tom (I can't believe you went along the whole day. Kudos2U.)! You look at the photos and you're convinced that someone either doctored these photos or misplaced the captions ("This CAN'T be in Los Angeles!"). But...
• Commented on Kayaking the LA River, Part 1
  The blurb here isn't entirely accurate. I read that the group's mission was to prove that the river was a "traditional navigable waterway" (that legal distinction thingy), and that proving that it is "navigable" is just one test for that...
• Commented on Group to Kayak LA River Today through Sunday
  Actually, I heard that the Army Corps agrees that you can float a boat down the whole river (that it's "navigable" or "navigable-in-fact"), but that the whole river doesn't fit their criteria for a "traditional navigable water." Plus, I heard...