Thanks for sharing, Collin, seems like a great time and fun excursions. I did an overnight kayak trip once and let's just say I should really hone my paddling skills. That was here in Virginia, on the Rapidan and Rappahannock rivers.
On Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at 12:21:52 AM UTC-4 Robert Tilley wrote: > Nice! I may be able to also something similar here. We do have a river > that flows out of the mountains and empties into one of our beaches. Not > sure how much would be raftable though. > > Reminds me of the story I read a while back. Bike tour with Bromptons and > rafts in the UK: > > [image: 5873185545_c4bdaedf3e_b.jpg] > > A Journey to the End of my Country > <https://alastairhumphreys.com/microadventure-islands/> > alastairhumphreys.com > <https://alastairhumphreys.com/microadventure-islands/> > <https://alastairhumphreys.com/microadventure-islands/> > > Robert Tilley > San Diego, CA > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 18, 2022, at 11:01 AM, Collin A <collinm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Sort-of Ride Report > > Most of my rides during the pandemic were the same couple of loops around > the American river in Sacramento, which does have some great trails and > some not-so-legal singletrack, but gets old if that's all you are doing. I > wasn't often able to (or unwilling) to make the 90 min drive to the Bay > Area to get a greater variety of riding in - think Mt Tam area, Mt Diablo, > Golden Gate Rec area, etc but I did head up to Auburn and truckee when I > got the chance and it was on fire or snowed in. > > Fast forward a year and I recently picked up a neat little tool to help > increase the variety of riding that I can do in a city with a river that > runs through it - a packraft! Its a pretty cool thing to be able to bike up > to 30 miles and paddle almost back home, or bike 35 miles and paddle into a > boat-in campsite (sadly, the mosquito Fire in Foresthill area has closed > most of those off for the forseeable future). I've gotten the setup pretty > well dialed, so I can load up an S24Os worth of gear plus a raft, paddle, > and PFD (I mostly go solo) without the Riv weighing like an absolute tank > (its still close to 70 lbs though!). > > The typical route I try to do on the weekends now is to ride from my > apartment in Midtown and up to Nimbus dam (or just a little downstream), > blow up the raft, strap the bike to it, then paddle about 7-15 miles > depending on how I feel and how strong the wind is (wind is much worse on a > raft than on a bike). Its a great way to spend the afternoon, and the river > almost always changes from day-to-day thanks to drought related water > releases and power-requirements (the river is dammed pretty much the whole > way, but the last stretch is the USACE Folsom dam and Nimbus diversion). > > Anywho, just wanted to share what is fast becoming a more typical ride for > me, but definitely a fun and different experience to my typical local ride. > With the colder weather setting in, I'll also have to wear something more > than swimtrunks and sandals though :( > > Some sunny day photos: > https://photos.app.goo.gl/8SjaVxY2ZNV3wJ9v6 > > Cheers, > Collin in Stormramento > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/ef90d692-850d-4711-8b7d-4e641c50f4efn%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/ef90d692-850d-4711-8b7d-4e641c50f4efn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/95546363-ab3f-4f27-b83c-2508b2646fc0n%40googlegroups.com.
