Participants Mark Nelson k-1, Paul Laclerc k-1, Andrea Riesing k-1, Ryan Galway OC-1
We had two additional boaters Nick and Geoff who paddled with us but, they weren’t members at the time and I am unsure of the last names.
We were fortunate to have a mostly sunny day in the low 60’s. The water had a noticeable chill to it and most had switched to drysuits at this point in the season. Since we have been in drought conditions for most of the late summer/fall I was not surprised to find the release was lower than past years, but all were happy to have whitewater to paddle at this point in the season. This creek tends to collect wood throughout the year, but a crew from NH and MA had done a good job clearing all but one log we ended up walking around. This small creek has 5 major class 3+ drops that range from tight turns to steep ledge drops and slides. Everyone had success and stayed in their boats. Paul hit a nice roll at the bottom of the first major drop called Slab City which is a steep 10 ft drop over a ledge/old dam site. Other than that the only other rolls were surfing at a fun ender spot called turn over ledge. Andrea, Geoff and I all made our best attempts to ender in the rapid with some success by Andrea and I. Geoff had some nice attempts but the length of his boat seemed to prevent him from doing the perfect one he was looking for. All in all it was a great day with great people. Special thanks to Mark for joining us for the fall drawdown trip for the first time. Great to be able to introduce someone to a new river.