Ryan, as you well know, these boats don't need a lot of water. I was along stretches yesterday where the river bottom was just inches away.
Patrick, Because I live right near the trail and the river, these trips are usually 20-25km- half riding up the valley, and half floating down. The bigger commitment is time, usually between 4-6 hours. There are just too many swimming holes and cool spots to check out along the way! Cheers. On Tuesday, September 10, 2024 at 2:18:25 PM UTC-7 Patrick Moore wrote: > Lovely. > > How far do you typically cover, by bike and by boat, on such an excursion? > > Our acequia irrigation ditches have been full (in my area) but our river, > dammed and diverted along so much of its length, is very, very low -- 2/3 > mudflats along the Montano Bridge just now. > > On Tue, Sep 10, 2024 at 12:24 PM John Rinker <jwri...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Lately, we've had some beautiful summer temps in the daytime, but as the >> nights begin to cool I know that my days of swimming comfortably in the >> river are waning. Oh, I'll still swim well into November, but it won't be >> comfortable! >> >> [image: Paddling the River - 1 of 5.jpeg] >> >> I've been hitting the river regularly in the last couple of weeks, >> paddling sections I don't normally do throughout the summer. Yesterday I >> went to the northern terminus of the Slocan Valley Rail Trail and put my >> packraft in Slocan Lake. I then proceeded to paddle down the river and into >> the Walter Clough Wildlife Preserve, a wide, marshy section of the river >> home to many species of birds. In the winter, trumpeter swans spend time >> there, but yesterday I saw none. The Canadian geese seem to be gathering >> there and preparing for their 'Honk if you love the South' tour. There were >> hundreds of them! I saw a few ducks, some osprey, and a couple of blue >> herons. Trout and whitefish were jumping here and there. >> [image: Paddling the River - 2 of 5.jpeg] >> [image: Paddling the River - 3 of 5.jpeg] >> >> I covered no great distances and broke no speed records for pedalling or >> paddling, but it sure was an enjoyable day to roll across gravel and float >> the Slocan. >> >> [image: Paddling the River - 4 of 5.jpeg] >> [image: Paddling the River - 5 of 5.jpeg] >> >> For those who enjoy maps, here's my GaiaGPS track >> <https://www.gaiagps.com/public/5xDCcLnCrSwnfve7VxUpF0YB/>. >> >> Cheers, John >> >> -- >> 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/2f819322-2233-45a6-92bc-9c4a6ed9d7f7n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2f819322-2233-45a6-92bc-9c4a6ed9d7f7n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing > services > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* > > *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* > > *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* > -- 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/0a8747dc-e9ca-403e-88d5-4e2fa38186aan%40googlegroups.com.
