It was a busy weekend for us. It started Saturday with the Annual Blossom Festival in Canon. This is the biggest town event of the year and we were going to walk the parade with some of the Search and Rescue Team. The parade didn't start until 12:30, but we were told to be there by 11am, naturally I had us there by 10:30am, so there was a lot of standing around...with our packs.We were told to keep our gear ready as Mother's Day weekend can be busy.
After the parade we made our way through all of the craft booths in a couple of the city parks. I did a fantastic job of limiting myself to only one corn on the cob. For me CoC can be like Sloppy Joe's, in the quantity I will consume.
On Sunday we went down the Royal Gorge on rafts with some more of the Search and Rescue group, mainly the Swift Water Rescue Team. Believe it or not went we got to the meeting location (Raftmaster's) a standby call went out to the team to search for a missing 5 year old. I guess Mother's day being busy can is true. While we were all getting organized to move from rafting fun to search a cancel call came in that the child was found at a neighbors, but it was a hectic 10 minutes.
We stopped a couple of times in the Gorge to explore a clef through the Hobbit Hole underneath the railroad tracks. and then again to jump off of a rock about 10' above the river into the cold water. We were in wetsuits, splash jackets, booties and helmets.
I would recommend Jessie at Raftmasters in Canon City, they were great. He and his soon to be wife are guides.
Hard to believe that only a week ago we were coming out of a 11" snowfall, but things change up here quickly sometimes. Our small herd of mule deer decided that since the hummingbirds were back they too could come up to the front of the house. There are about 12-15 deer that seem to stay on our parcel, mainly in the Ponderosa, but sometimes they are by the shop or going after the especially green grass over the septic drain field. It doesn't show up in this picture, but a few of them were to the right laying down in the shade under the trees.
After the parade we made our way through all of the craft booths in a couple of the city parks. I did a fantastic job of limiting myself to only one corn on the cob. For me CoC can be like Sloppy Joe's, in the quantity I will consume.
On Sunday we went down the Royal Gorge on rafts with some more of the Search and Rescue group, mainly the Swift Water Rescue Team. Believe it or not went we got to the meeting location (Raftmaster's) a standby call went out to the team to search for a missing 5 year old. I guess Mother's day being busy can is true. While we were all getting organized to move from rafting fun to search a cancel call came in that the child was found at a neighbors, but it was a hectic 10 minutes.
The Arkansas was flowing at about 650 cfs, and Jessie, our guide and another one of the SAR members, said that the commercial operations will guide down the Gorge up to 3200 cfs (compare to the Mississippi that is currently flowing at 2000000 cfs). At this point Jessie said most of the rapids were in the Class 3 range, but would climb to the 4 and 5 range once the snow melt really begins to hit. We have been down the Arkansas a couple of times, but this was the first time through the Gorge. I want to try in again in June when the flows are up.
We stopped a couple of times in the Gorge to explore a clef through the Hobbit Hole underneath the railroad tracks. and then again to jump off of a rock about 10' above the river into the cold water. We were in wetsuits, splash jackets, booties and helmets.
I would recommend Jessie at Raftmasters in Canon City, they were great. He and his soon to be wife are guides.
Hard to believe that only a week ago we were coming out of a 11" snowfall, but things change up here quickly sometimes. Our small herd of mule deer decided that since the hummingbirds were back they too could come up to the front of the house. There are about 12-15 deer that seem to stay on our parcel, mainly in the Ponderosa, but sometimes they are by the shop or going after the especially green grass over the septic drain field. It doesn't show up in this picture, but a few of them were to the right laying down in the shade under the trees.
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