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Success on the River: Go Green Saturdays - - - Our Ongoing Commitment As we welcome in 2010, we continue our commitment to our Napa River clean-up days. Three to four times per year we gather willing individuals to assist in freeing the river or trash and debrie. Paddlers arm themselves with gloves, trash bags and a "can do" spirit and head out to collect as much garbage as they possibly can. During our recent Go Green Clean-Up Day on Sunday, April 25, 2010, our dedicated friend of Kayak NV, Rick, and his brother once again donated the use of their boat for the purpose of hauling the trash for the hardworking volunteers. An amazing collection of trash including a microwave oven and a shopping cart, was extracted from the river. As has become our tradition, we all gathered at The Rio Grill Compadres for a delicious lunch provided by another friend of Kayak NV, owner Rick Enos. Look for future clean-up days in 2010. http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2009/06/22/news/local/doc4a3f01674f27d885893865.txt  2009 Creature Sightings: 2009 brought us up close and personal with our elusive seal! "Artemus" (our name for him)
swam along side our kayaks for about half an hour. He/she at one time actually went right under our bow of the kayak!
The photo shows him/her pop up right behind Laurie. We were in awe of his gracefulness and speed.
What a treat! Click on the photo to get a better view. For the past few weeks,
we've seen the sea lion every time we've been out. He/she has been spotted as far north as Napa Mill and as far
south as Kennedy Park. There must be more than enough fish to keep him/her happy and satisfied!
While exploring one of the Napa River sloughs, we
saw two cranes, a white greater egret, and my favorite, a river otter. The otter kept us in his sights for about 20
minutes, keeping a safe distance. It was definitely a "moment," as Laurie would say. We look forward to seeing more of our "friends
of the river" in 2010 and hope that you will join in the adventure.  Our History
of Helping Kayak NV Supports the Creek to Bay Cleanup Day Saturday, September 20, 2008 Working in conjunction with Napa County Resource Conservation
District, Kayak NV donated the use of its kayaks for its cleanup efforts. Over 100 volunteers met at Kennedy Park to
help restore the beauty of the river by eliminating and recycling plastic bottles, trash and manmade debris.
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