I'm think about doing a little river float this weekend. Anyone else with a canoe or other small boat interested? We'll use shuttle cars and put in at Coronado monument in Bernalillo and take out at the northern end of Corrales.
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Might be up for it. Couldn't be anywhere til 11ish Saturday or anytime Sunday, but would love to get on the water.
I checked the Adobe Whitewater site, not much going on there. Might drop by the pool session Wens to work out the bugs...
keep me posted.
I checked the Adobe Whitewater site, not much going on there. Might drop by the pool session Wens to work out the bugs...
keep me posted.
Sounds like fun and I'd love to do it but we'll be out of town the next two weekends. I was just thinking about doing something like that too. I did it a couple of times in the Scouts. The first time we put in at Algodones just downstream of the diversion dams and took out at Bridge/Stadium. The second time we put in just downstream of the diversion dams on the Isleta reservation, camped out a little further down and then took out at the Belen (Reinken?) bridge. I'd like to try my 19' Grumman on a river. I had it on Cochiti once and struggled keeping it straight. I'm sure it was just operator skill.
I may be able to come up with a 4 seat canoe... let me see what I can come up with but I am definately in.
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Glad to see there's interest. We've done this few times before. Even with high flows that stretch of river is pretty calm. In the past we'd gone all the way from Bernalillo to Alameda bridge, but that can take hours and sometimes the last mile or two is too shallow even for a canoe.
two O'Niells??
maybe me and Kelsey! I'll need to get the folbot out and figger out how to set it up again!
maybe me and Kelsey! I'll need to get the folbot out and figger out how to set it up again!
I wasn't sure there was enough water to float it any other time of year.
ya, there've been places and times I've had to scooch my kayak along. (scooch: use legs to lift boat, arms to push through mud).
Marc: if we can ever work schedules out I'd gladly teach that 19' canoe how to go str8.
Marc: if we can ever work schedules out I'd gladly teach that 19' canoe how to go str8.
ya, there've been places and times I've had to scooch my kayak along. (scooch: use legs to lift boat, arms to push through mud).
Marc: if we can ever work schedules out I'd gladly teach that 19' canoe how to go str8.
All help and guidance is appreciated. My guess is that it requires two good paddlers to work in unison so that you don't have to keep switching sides with the paddle, getting the person in the middle all wet every time you switch (unless of course that is one of your goals).
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FYI, Looks like Sunday would be the day for us.
oops, forgot it's graduation weekend.
could do the float Sunday if we got on the water fairly early. need/want to show my face at a grad get-together later in the afternoon.
i'm at work today, will check the site to see if details finalize.
could do the float Sunday if we got on the water fairly early. need/want to show my face at a grad get-together later in the afternoon.
i'm at work today, will check the site to see if details finalize.
look like work is going to own me the weekend. 
