May 30, 2005
Rafting at the Kern
This was some BIG water this year from the still 15 feet of snow up in the mountains. Lets say a normal flow for the river is 1200 cfs(cubic feet per second), this year it was 7000+ cfs, that's a LOT of water, and it was COLD, all snow melting. River Data for Memorial Day Weekend.
On the last run, at the big rapid, there was a hole that we got stuck in, then flipped the whole raft. We all had to swim for about 5 minutes. After about 10 seconds in the water, I was almost completely wiped out from the cold, and I even had a wetsuit on. Ken lost his glasses, and the flap on his hat finally fell off.
Chess, Camp style.
Im bummmmmmmeeeeddd!!!!
It looks like you all had a great time. I hope you had a drink for me since I was puking in the toilet the whole weekend. Hope to see you the 4th. I will be there!
Missed you all!
Hi Kevin -
Great Pictures! Thanks for posting them so quickly. It was great having you, Matt, & Brandon along again this year.
Diane
Thanks for the pics! What fun we had! Great weather, too!
A BIG thanks to Tim and Alan for all the hard work they do. They are tops!
Mary
Posted by: Mary at May 31, 2005 08:18 AM