http://www.smokeybarn.com/red-river-...gourley-found/
Charlie Gourley was a year ahead of me in high school. We played basketball and rode the bus together.
Wear a life vest.
My dad and I kayaked Old Hickory Lake this spring. There was a sign at the ramp "### people have drowned in this lake. Zero were wearing a life jacket."
The first time I got in a kayak I flipped it without a vest on. I have jumped from bluffs and bridges, but the experience of an unexpected plunge even in warm water is like none other.
Wear a life vest.