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| - Kayaking just makes me so happy I live in Pittsburgh! When you've got rivers all around, take the chance to explore them.
I've rented from here once before, around when I first moved here for school, and it was a beautiful way to look at the city. I still remember that day as being blue skies and cool breezes, and it's one of my favorite memories. Even if you've never kayaked before, it's very easy to figure out.
I went again recently, and here are some things that I think are helpful to remember:
- You'll need some form of ID that they can use as collateral while you're out kayaking (either driver's license or credit card).
- You can rent a locker while you're there, and/or bring a ziploc bag/wet bag for some key personal belongings.
- Remember sunscreen and sun protection! Especially if you go out on a nice day, you're literally stuck in the sun from the moment you leave until you come back. I brought mine out to reapply.
- A bottle of water is nice too.
- Follow their advice and go upstream first, so you save your energy on the downstream route back. It's crazy how much of a difference it makes.
- Keep track of time. We made it back in a little over 1.5 hours, but since we had to wait in line for checkout, the lady didn't make us pay for 2 hours.
SIDE NOTE: If you're feeling extra adventurous, you can kayak upstream past almost all the bridges to this fork in the river. If you take the smaller left route, there's a tire swing hanging off a bridge into the middle of the water. If you're extra extra adventurous/crazy/stupid and have an equally adventurous friend, you can hop on from your kayak and swing a bit while the other person watches the kayak and helps push.
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