Saturday, September 1, 2012
River: Upper Colorado
Put-in/Take-out: Pumphouse to Rancho DelRio 11 miles
Flow: 998 cfs
Weather: Sunny, highs around 80.
Other boaters: Toby, Nicole & Kids.
We were supposed to boat with Sonya & company, saw her at the take-out & she was running late...it's Sonya's 40th birthday party weekend.
Waited at put-in... waited some more at the beach before entering the canyon... waited more at the Radium Hot Springs, where we met some of the crew... but had to continue on down the river as the kids were a bit antsy. And knowing Sonya's on "river time," their boats could be another hour behind us. At least we knew where everyone was going!
Sunday, September 2, 2012
River: Upper Colorado
Put-in/Take-out: Rancho DelRio to Bond, just past State Bridge 8 miles
Flow: 994 cfs
Weather: Sunny early, then overcast by afternoon, highs around 80.
Other boaters: Sonya & the Shit Show... at least 9 boats + kayaks.
Mellow float, lots of drinking. Saw a production crew at the take-out trying to shoot a movie... what looked like a really bad movie. Based on the costumes and vehicles, it appeared to be a bad knock-off of Mad Max. All of the drunk boaters were fascinated by this activity and were pretty well mannered. Right up until the director yelled to us "Quiet on the Set!"
Well, NOBODY tells this shit show of rafters to be quiet. We proceeded to make life hell for these people, creating quite the noise whilst taking our sweet time loading boats. Whose bright idea was it to shoot a movie on the river LABOR DAY WEEKEND? Yep, when you're low budget filmmakers, you take what you can get, when you can get it.
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