Juniata River trip August 6, 2008 Juniata River "kayaking" It was a beautiful day on the Blue Juniata! Since nobody wanted to do a river trip I did my test ride on my new Torrent at Howe Park. I went up to the ledge above Howe Park. The water was too low for a Juniata shuttle trip but the Susquehanna would have been good. Now I need to take a short easy trip of about 3 to 5 miles with no rough water. I am having a little trouble with my back on this boat. Maybe if I get the back strap adjusted better it will improve. I don’t know if I can take whirlpools or waves yet. This boat is much different than anything I ever paddled before. The water level was about 3.22 feet at Newport. The trip took about 1.5 hours. The water temperature was about 27 degrees celsius.