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Who is boatin where in the country
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 12:41 am
by Louie
So where is boatin still goin on? I know WNC, Tenn, North Ga and Alabama. Is Ky, Va. and WVa still have people boatin? Pacific northwest? It has to be too cold in New England, and Canada right? Rocky and is there any whitewater far enought south in Cali?Too bad we can't all be in Mexico or South America. GDI has gone for the last six day somewhere around here anyone gettin out?
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 12:47 am
by gumpy
pa still ice-free and beautiful. got out yesterday, almost everything was running due to the rain melting all that snow, but the water was a little chilly.
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 1:03 am
by Roger
All the lucky duckies got started on the 23rd here in Arkansas and we still got good water in the bigger drainages. Nothing big but a day on the river.
Me, I've been traveling.
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 1:08 am
by mattm
well, this was us in Connecticut yesterday. I got out 3 times in 4 days. Christmas is a paddling tradition.
http://picasaweb.google.com/TommyC1Tayl ... 8084270514
http://community.webshots.com/slideshow ... Position=1
I'm the guy standing in some shots and hangin' on in another
Big snow melt, ice letting loose day yesterday. Dropping back to upper 20's-low 30's but we're planning for next weekend already.
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 1:30 am
by Mr.DeadLegs
GreyBear showed us how it is done in the Upper Hooch. Nice day mid 40s yesterday.
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 1:38 am
by malone
Nice Pole...
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 2:31 am
by sbroam
mattm wrote:... ice letting loose day yesterday. ...
*Ice* belongs in a *glass*! We hit our local, Columbia, SC, run today, used pogies but didn't really need them - all that snow melt and rain up in the mountains (plus our own 4" of rain) made for a nice day.
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 3:18 am
by Alden
I'm in CT for the holidays, and went boating two days ago. The creeks are still running. C1s outnumbered the kayaks, too, on Saturday!
Went skiing at Killington today though. Fun!
Alden
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 4:32 am
by TNbound
Most stuff up here in Maine is frozen up... But our 45 degree two day stretch made me think of getting out and looking for anything thawed enough to paddle... If only the dry suit wasn't busted.
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 6:10 am
by Louie
COOL I had no idea that many people could still get out.
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 1:11 pm
by gk
Paddled Elora Gorge yesterday in southern Ontario. Lower levels, a bit cold, -7C with some wind, but ice free, except for the beautiful ice formations on the sides of the gorge. Fun couple hours.
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 1:23 pm
by bambam
Snow paddle on Passage Creek Saturday and upper Tye River on Sunday, both in the mountains of Virginia.
Oh, and if it makes you feel better, Louie, Saturday was two OC-1 to one K-1. Would have been three OC-1's 'cept for blood clots. Sunday was three OC-1's, a C-1, and two K-1's.
Snow on the mountains makes the water in the photos look especially blue and, ..., er, ... , refreshing!
Ken
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 3:30 pm
by kanur
Unfortunatly Missouri has a boating season and it runs from Oct/Nov through May/June give or take a few weeks. It just doesn't rain much here in the summer so most of our boating is done in the fall/winter/spring.
We had a lot of rain right before Christmas and had a lot of high water. We should still have water for New Years Day even without any more rain.
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 4:17 pm
by milkman
Oregon is year-round boating. Fall/winter/spring is the rainy season when we have the most runs to choose from, from mountain rivers to coastal ones.
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 6:58 pm
by jroneil
There is a New Years Eve run on the Winnipesaukee River in Tilton NH on New Years Day. They do it every year. But I am staying home
and watching it snow. It is suppose to snow pretty heavy there New Years Day
