Wise choice, this way you may not find the actual source of the problem, but you will be able to document the effects of the problem. Preferably, you will do this in a thick and poorly written report that will encourage yet another study.

Your twin strategies of: 1. Avoiding undue physcal exertion and, 2. Ensuring adequate nourishment, should keep you in a state of constant alertness and readiness.

Before leaving you pay some kid to hike up to the observation tower in the Park and snap a photos of the town on your iPhone... just in case you never make it back.

You and your faithfull second in command, Bernie, find a launch location just below the dam. You step aboard and begin a fruitless search for the motor. Disappointment follows. More disappointment follows later when you search for the bathroom.

After a short burst of frantic paddling you encounter the first set of rapids. Well they would be rapids if the water was more than ten inches deep. You are able to walk through them easily. The you both sit back and start applying the suntan lotion. The current pulls you relentlessly downstream at a steady three knots. You reach for a Snickers Bar.

Your funding allows for a 60 day expedition. Should you continue this hectic pace you'll be slipping into Hudson's Bay by August - just in time to apply for more funds to allow for a train ride home on the Muskeg Express.

On the other hand, you could carefully resist the impulse to paddle energetically, thus allowing time for careful inspection and scientific exploration - not to mention wiener roasts on the bank!