Christmas 2013

Kenedy and Jordan visited us for a few days for Christmas. We had a great time with them. We went cross-country skiing on Red Mountain Pass on Christmas day. They will be off to Hawaii in a couple of weeks.

Kenedy Graduates!

Kenedy graduated from Fort Lewis College last Saturday. It was a great day! We all attended the ceremony in the morning, then went to a nice celebration dinner at Mutus! Yeah!

Thanksgiving 2013 in Bahia de Kino

We just got back from 6 sun filled days in Kino Bay. The beach was absolutely beautiful! One of the best beaches we have been to anywhere! Relaxing, exploring, fishing, Frisbee filled our days. Here are some pics....

 

Piper and I paddled out to Alcatraz Island. It is a bird sanctuary, with all types of birds everywhere!

 

Pelicanos Mexicanos!!

Halloween-2013

Late Summer Camping Trip - Ophir Pass to Alta Lakes

We got in a late summer camping trip to Alta Lakes. Wendy drove over Ophir Pass from Red Mountain Pass to get there! Moderate 4-wheelin' with great views. Here are some pics:

Westwater

We ran Ruby/Horsethief then Westwater canyon this past weekend. It was HOT! The river was super muddy and thick with silt. All of our stuff got so dirty and stained with mud. We ran the Ruby section with some folks from Ridgway, then met Mark/Maria for Westwater. Piper ran it in her ducky! She did awesome, had a couple of swims, but made most of the big rapids including Funnel Falls and Skull!

 

 

                                      

 

Heading into Westwater Canyon

 

Muddy Rapids

 

At Lower Little 'D' Camp

 

Camp Friend

Glenwood Springs

We rallied over to Glenwood Springs this weekend. Wendy took my car in for service on Friday and Piper and I met her at the camp in Glenwood Friday night. We stayed at the "Hideout Camp". It was a great spot, peaceful and close to town. The Roaring Fork was running about 1500 cfs and we wanted to run Cemetery down to South Canyon. It was an awesome day. Beautiful weather, good flow, and everyone had a great time! The highlight of the day was Piper running South Canyon rapid at 3400 cfs and nailing it! She had a great run.

A couple of shots from the Cemetery section

 

South Canyon Rapid (class III) on the Colorado

 

 

Camping at "Hideout Camp"

 

 

Durango Town Run

Finally made it down to run the Animas through Durango. Kenedy had the day off from work and met us for Father's Day. We had a blast on the river. The water was a little low, but still fun and great weather! Afterwards we met Jordan at 'Home Slice' for lunch. It was a really fun day.

 

 

 

Dolores

Went down to see Rex, Wendy, Mom & Dad over Memorial Day weekend. Hung out up at Rex's new property and ran part of the Upper Dolores. Cool section of river. We need to go back and run from Stoner bridge down...

 

 

The Barn

 

 

Cooking burgers on a 'burn barrel'

 

 

 

Heading to Rex's secret bouldering spot

 

 

 

 

 

Westwater

Got on a Westwater trip early this year with Ian and crew, plus Andy & Eric from Ridgway. It was running around 3,200. Pretty easy level, but good practice for me in the new 'big' boat! Good clean fun!

Jason in Skull

 

 Andy making it look easy