A few sprinkles can't spoil ninth annual Loyalhanna Sojourn

Patrick Varine, Tribune-Review, Greensburg, Pa.
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May 13—Keystone State Park Manager Kris Baker wasn't discouraged at all by the gray, drizzly morning that greeted kayakers at the ninth annual Loyalhanna Sojourn.

"Sometimes this weather is better and more comfortable," Baker said. "When it's 85 degrees and sunny all day, it gets pretty hot out on the water."

Baker was helping register and organize about 225 people who signed up for the nine-mile float. Paddlers put in at Latrobe's Cardinal Park and floated to Gray Wing Park in New Alexandria.

"It's a fundraiser for Greater Latrobe Parks & Recreation, but its greater purpose is to just draw people's attention to the natural resources that are right here," Baker said. "After you pass the second bridge, you don't see another house until you're in New Alexandria, and there's a bunch of wildlife to see along the way."

Patrick Varine is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Patrick by email at pvarine@triblive.com or via Twitter .