Table of Contents
July 6, 2006 General Meeting Minutes
2nd Quarter Pool Session Report
Trip Reports
Marilyn Kircus: Lake Charlotte
Justin Ceterski: Pedernales River
Jared Davidson: Week of Rivers 2006
Christy Long: Week of Rivers 2006
by Frank Ohrt
By now, most of you know that Rio Vista Dan has been remodeled. I went up to check it out, there's good news and bad news.
Instead of one big overflow, there is now a series of three drops, with two large pools in between, the first drop is the biggest, and the other two drops are progressively smaller. Even at low water flow, the first two drops have a surfable wave. The first drop has the biggest wave, with a solid shoulder on river right, the wave of the second drop is pretty squishy, but do-able if the first drop one is crowded (This is gaged, in part, on first-hand testimony from the Dauntless Bob Ward, legendary paddler and Bon Vivant.)
Neither wave is as good as the old one was, but you can run all three at pretty good speed, or practice high speed ferries and eddy turns, if you like. Also, it is probably the fastest water for a thousand miles right now ( August 17, 2006 ).
If you want
to go play, get there early on weekends. At 9:00 am on a recent Sunday
there were eight to ten kayakers and the toobers were starting to show
up.