It’s a “get out on the water” theme for The Higher Life OKC this week. With a location pretty equidistant from each the east and west coasts and one and a half states between us and the Gulf of Mexico, it’s possible you’ll be shocked to know the way a lot OKC residents admire their water-related actions. However given OK’s plethora of rivers and lakes, and the accompanying 55,646 miles of shoreline along lakes and ponds in the state (sure, that’s greater than the Atlantic, Gulf, or Pacific coasts of the U.S.), residents right here love a while in, on and across the water, whether or not that’s crusing on Lake Hefner, rowing a shell or kayak down the Oklahoma River, swimming or boating at a lake at a close-by state park, and even whitewater rafting and browsing (and snow snowboarding!) in downtown OKC.
The Oklahoma River is in some ways the middle of water-based recreation and paddlesports in OKC and has a historical past in contrast to every other – it went from correct leisure venue to the paterfamilias of mercurial flooding to dry drainage ditch/ignored weed-filled wasteland to elite Olympic coaching floor and paddlesport palace – in different phrases, “we used to mow it, now we row it.” You possibly can learn extra about that historical past here in the “A River’s Rise” multi-chapter, multimedia feature on greateroklahomacity.com.
Now, if you happen to’re taking a look at all this rowing and rafting and kayaking and browsing and climbing and sliding and biking and folks standing up on paddleboards and zipping themselves throughout the river and again and Olympians walkin’ round being all tall and tremendous in-shape and what not and pondering, “I don’t even know the place to start or the way to become involved, and fairly frankly, I’m a teensy bit intimidated,” the oldsters on the Boathouse District have your again. To start with, these are all issues nearly anybody can get pleasure from down on the river – being of Olympic-level genetic extraction isn’t required. Second of all, try a few of their “Discover Experiences.” These typically provide you with a brief, guided in-person lesson and publicity to among the fundamentals of no matter self-discipline you’re all in favour of, supplying you with the arrogance to go forth and paddle/row/swim/and many others. by yourself.
For instance, two Uncover Experiences you may be all in favour of as both a brand new resident or a long-time OKC citizen are Discover Surfing and Discover Skiing (OKC’s acquired a variety of issues, however till not too long ago it was fairly exhausting to surf waves or snow ski right here on the reg). These are each held on the Whitewater Middle within the Boathouse District on Saturday mornings and provide the expertise it is advisable get pleasure from each of those new options and develop much more confidence and competence in every self-discipline – and finally extra enjoyable and health! And that’s what it’s all about. So test it out!
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