We finally made it to Colorado! We arrived in Denver about 7:00 am. We drove around a bit trying to find a paddle shop, camp ground, etc. Brian Copanas from EddyFlower came to the rescue! Thanks again Brian. Brain told us about a great camping spot (Bear Creek Lake) and showed us some more of the great links at www.EddyFlower.com. We went to set up camp and then to the paddle shop. We decided to do a modest warm up in CO and paddled Lower Clear Creek. We found out it was 750ish cfs, which some folks said was juicy. The internet said medium so we went, lol. ;) We looked at a few things that the guide book suggested. Over all the river looked like a much more continuous Cheoah (and a little bigger). We took our chances and put on with no shuttle in hopes of getting a ride at the Golden Whitewater Park (Lower Clear Creeks turns into the park).
The river was great. Very continuous like I said above and big waves, lots of big waves. I don't remember any big holes, but Edgar says there were a bunch. I guess the river was moving too fast for me, lol ;)
We got to the Golden Whitewater Park and didn't have much luck finding a ride back up. We ended up getting an offer from a family of kayakers who said that they would give us a ride after they were done paddling, but then Corey Volt came rolling up in his Dagger Subaru. He offered to give us a ride. Of course we took it and thanked him, but Corey wasn't done. After giving us a ride Corey was nice enough to check out my Nomad and Agent and perform a little check up. It is the second time Corey has gone out of his way to do a seemingly unnecessary thing. Thanks a lot Corey!
After getting changed we went to get something to eat and went back to watch the Golden Rodeo series at the whitewater park. It was a great time. A bunch of people came out to watch and compete. It was a really fun place to be hanging out. Hobie from Dagger showed up and was MCing, which was very entertaining and he was giving out prizes. I won a gift certificate to Steuben's! Whoo hoo!
We are now back in camp and have decided not to go to Vail tomorrow. It is suppose to be in the 30s with a high of 40. I left my dry suit at home like an idiot, so it looks like I am going to miss out on the Teva games this year. :(
Tomorrow should still be fun. We received some rain here and Brian is going to hook us up with some cool local runs. We can't wait!!
Jason
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