RV Living, Conger Style: A Raging River

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

A Raging River

This is The Horseshoe on the Guadalupe River just a mile from where we live. Water is being let out of the Canyon Lake Dam into the river constantly at 5000 cubic feet/second (cfs). This is a lower rate than that at which upstream rain is filling up the lake! To put this into perspective, the maximum safe flow rate is 1500 cfs for tubing and kayaking; normal flow rate is about 700 cfs.

To say the least, this summer has not been friendly to the river sports industry which is so important to the economy in this area.

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Karen S said...: Success! I am now signed up. I already told you how amazing those photos of the river are, but I just wanted to comment so that I could make sure this works...; September 4, 2007 at 9:46 PM

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