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Everybody in the Water!! Feb. 6-7, 1999 What a difference a few weeks of warm weather can make. Sycamore Access, 8 miles north of Des Moines, glistens in the February sun. Boaters admire the mirror-images of trees and bridges, while the last snows bask in the strange winter sunlight. Make no mistake, the water is freezing cold, as I discovered when I got launched. |
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Shorts, No Sleeves, and Buff Some sun-loving kayakers caught a few rays and paddled from Sycamore north to the Saylorville spillway. I felt strange in my layers of wetsuits, but I had acres of freezing water to navigate, and I was quite comfortable and safe. |