Kayak and Bike are gone!

Oh no —-  the trusty Prijon kayak and the Motobecane are gone!!   Eve reports that BOTH are missing, since yesterday.  They disappeared near Ft Madison,  Iowa.  The incident is being covered by local press and bloggers, and police are investigating, in the hope that both will turn up and be found soon. You can see Eve’s full account in her blog.   Here’s an excerpt:

Sept 29-  “When we went out to Green Bay landing this morning, the kayak was gone. Simply gone, no trace. The last time I saw it was Sunday around noon, when I was about to paddle down to Ortho landing where the bike was locked up. The wind was too strong, so I decided not to paddle, and I thought it was a bad idea to try to put the kayak back up on the car, partially because I was alone, partially because I needed to drive up to the Quad Cities to pick up Rafaela at the airport Monday and the wind was strong enough that highway driving with the kayak seemed dangerous. I had already left the kayak there overnight with no trouble, so I thought it would be okay.

I was wrong, obviously. Totally wrong.

We called the Lee County sheriff and he came out and took a report. I talked to Mike, a local farmer, whose friend owns some of the hunting camps just upriver and they both promised to ask around.

But there’s more.

We drive down to the Ortho landing ten miles downriver, where I had parked and locked my bike with a big NYC-type chain. And, I bet you can guess, the bike was gone, too. Simply gone, no trace. Not even the presumably broken lock. There was a woman there who comes out every day on her lunch hour who had seen it yesterday, which means the bike was stolen between 1 pm Monday and noon Tuesday.” 

Send Eve some good karma and connect her to any information that could be helpful.  The journey continues!

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