Hi, I am interested in taking a CANOE trip down the Rio Grande from Rancherias Canyon to Dryden Crossing. Has anyone done this trip? Is it suitable for a tripping canoe WITHOUT spraycover? I am looking for a 7 day trip to do in the US (we are from the UK) with nice scenery, a sense of wilderness and decent weather - the Rio Grande seems to fit the bill. If anyone HAS paddled it, the information I want is: 1. Will there be portages, if so, how long and many. 2. What are the camping possibilities? 3. Could we hire boats/obtain a shuttle from a local outfitter? 4. Are there alot of continous waves (Canoe swamping size!!!) Hope someone can help, email me on ecsasawy_at_livjm.ac.uk Thanks in advance, Adam *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
> From: Adam Sawyer <ecsasawy_at_livjm.ac.uk> > Hi, > I am interested in taking a CANOE trip down the Rio Grande from > Rancherias Canyon to Dryden Crossing. Has anyone done this trip? Is it > suitable for a tripping canoe WITHOUT spraycover? I am looking for a 7 > day trip to do in the US (we are from the UK) with nice scenery, a sense > of wilderness and decent weather - the Rio Grande seems to fit the bill. Hi Adam, I have a couple of questions... What time of year do you plan to do this trip and why do you think you would like paddling the Rio Grande? Just trying to get a sense of what you are looking for and expect to find. :-) Also, I'm forwarding your question to a list of Texas paddlers with several who have a lot of experience paddling the Rio. Cheers, Jackie _ _ _ _ _ \\ / \0/ \ / \0/ \ \\ " " `\ ,sSSs,\, )\w/( ,sSS..)/{) <<..> sSSS_v)/ \ )<*> sSS[(\_]___\ <(_/_o_o_ 'sS[_`-+---+) \----+-------+-------'---`-----\-------------') ~~~~~~~ ~~jf ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~\~ ~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ o \ o \\ o o \\ o o ` (\ o o >jf:-) o (/ o *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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