River: Green

Today the level was similar to a low summer release. Tom and Florrie joined me for a lap down the lower green. It was fun but scrappy. Play hole is really playful at this level and worth some park and play.

The river level is slowly dropping. Unless the power house is repaired or there is more ran next week might be iffy.

We had abigger group of five today with some novice boaters. The weather was almost hot and the river was refreshing. There were only a few swims and alsmost everyone tried something new.

Tuesday, May 9th was a great day to be on the water. The level was just over a typical 100%. No novices showed up but David, Merriddee, and I had fun catchin eddies, surfing waves and making attainments. Looking forward to the next two days as well.

Level: 6"

Paddlers:

• Marc Harkness (Coordinator)
• Dennis Huntley
• John Mattox
• John Manley
• Lydia Cardinal
• Chris Wing
• Jason Serres

We had a nice group of five paddlers with one or two that played hooky to paddle the Upper Green.  Rough weather had been forecast with heavy thunder storms rolling thru while we would be on the river, so I was a little nervous.  Once at the put in we noticed no other cars were there so we had the river to ourselves. We played a little on our way down.  The water is warm up nice this season and the air temperature was a little hot for a dry suit.   So once we hit the nice rolling pool, a few decided to hit a roll or two to cool off.

The Narrows is a special place for many reasons: the reputation, the race, the gradient, the mystique. I got a chance to paddle it this past Sunday after getting skunked on a Saturday run (Operational schedules are determined daily, but I secretly think it's hourly sometimes).