December Holiday Party

Pool Session Report

October Meeting Minutes
by Robert Langley

Trip Reports

Morgan's Birthday
by Cecilia Gill

Pecos River - a Brief
by Donna Grimes

Canoe Kind of Guy

A Pecos River “Brief”

By Donna Grimes

I LOVE the Pecos River; it is one of my favorite west Texas rivers with beautiful water, great Indian art, and exciting rapids. My first trip was an HCC trip lead by Jack Richardson in 1992. Since that time, I have probably done the trip five or six times, but NEVER as an HCC trip – just a group of fellow paddlers.

So, this spring I talked Louis Aulbach into helping me lead a trip for HCC members, opening this wonderful river up to those who had never seen it.
We had 13 people on the trip and six of them were first timers….but I think all of them want to do it again

I call this a “brief” because next month John Rich has promised to write a more thorough account, so I’ll make this brief. Here is just a few pictures of our adventure:

Jeff Pine, John Rich, Richard Morin, Natalie Weist, Linda Day (front) Louis Aulbach, Christy Long, Donna grimes, Dana Enos, Mark Boyden, Justin Cetereski, Bil Grimes, Ken Anderson

John Rich is a veteran of expedition camping, but not of the Pecos. We started calling him Cane-man John as he'd mash through the cane to get to a Native Pictograph

Justin Cetereski took his white water kayak full of gear and still ran al the rapids like a champ.

Linda Day was also a novice on the Pecos,using her white water kayak paddle on an over-loaded canoe with her favorite campanion Chipper at the helm.

Ken Anderson learned a lot about expedition paddling...including the fact that boats with gear are harder to dump when you get swamped.

Our HCC Commodore Christy Long added another new river to her list, and you can see she's having a great time.

Natalie Weist also was a first timer, and didn't have any tip overs or swamping....a rarity on this trip. Notice the clarity of the water. Yes! It was really like that.

Beside sixty miles of fun water, great Native art, and good companionship, we also spent time hiking. Here we are hiking up Painted Canyon...to see some more Native art.

The group plans to give the HCC program in 2008 to talk more about their adventure. Come and hear them.