A River Runs Wild!

Hi, this is Carl.
Well, after nearly four years of drought our lake & the river have almost burst their seams. There has been continuous rainfall in the aquafer west of us for the last several months. We don't have photos (although we may get some later) but for the last two weeks the Canyon Lake Dam has been releasing water at the rate of 4,800 cubic feet per minute (CFM). The input to the dam is entering at 600 CFM so things will change soon. That may not mean much to those of you on large rivers, but here it is huge. For the last few years if you wanted to float the Guadalupe River on an inner tube, kayak or canoe, it meant a lot of portages or "butt-bumping."
Now, we are all fearful of venturing out onto the river. It is spread far beyond the normal banks and is pretty dangerous. So, as you might imagine, we haven't gone forth on our kayaks this spring/summer. Oh well, when it rains it pours. Soon, when the dam has released enough to get to normal levels, it will be perfect. We expect that within a couple of weeks we will have a river to die for.