Participants- Ryan Galway & Krea Galway OC-2, Mason Galway C-1, Evan Eichorn OC-1, Ron Chase K-1, Ken Gordon K-1, Bill Stafford K-1, Paul Bicknell K-1, Paul Leclerc K-1, Eric Kingsley K-1.
We had a decent weather day for this trip with temps in the high 50s and low 60s and some filtered sun. The day began with an entertaining seal launch by Mason down the grassy bank to the water which no one chose to repeat. We had a couple of first timers on this trip and I am always a little nervous in making sure they know the lines on this shallow creaky run to avoid any injury’s. The first test is a rapid called Slab City which is a 6 foot drop at the site of an old dam. The preferred line is river left. Most of the boats did quite well but even the ones that were a little off line made it through upright. We continued down river encountering some wood obstructions which is typical on this narrow low volume run, but we were able to get over or around them without too much trouble. The rest of the larger drops were all run successfully with a little bit of trouble by some boaters at Buzzels rapid which is one of the more challenging drops but still everyone remained in their boats. Down river we saw some nice enders by Mason at a rapid called turnover. The run wasn’t complete without a couple minor swims in the lower rapids, none of which were of any consequence.