It was a cold but bright sunny day so Pam and I decided to take a ride to Banning State Park; to take some photos of the Kettle River. It never freezes for it is moving too fast. It has wonderful waves, holes and kettles that have been scoured out of the bedrock. In the parking lot we met Jim who was putting on a dry suit in preparation to paddle blueberry slide and ride some waves among the ice encrusted rocks. So here is Jim