1994 - Pecos River

My last outing with my Dallas workshop friends before I left Dallas to seek new adventures. We started in Pandale and floated our way to Amistad. Great fun!
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  • PACKED AND READY

    PACKED AND READY

  • RICK AT THE WHEEL

    RICK AT THE WHEEL

    Well, it was his van, after all.

  • RICK NOT AT THE WHEEL

    RICK NOT AT THE WHEEL

  • SUSAN NAPPING

    SUSAN NAPPING

  • YIKES, IT'S DOUG!

    YIKES, IT'S DOUG!

  • RICK'S RIG

    RICK'S RIG

  • THE HAPPY CANOEISTS

    THE HAPPY CANOEISTS

    Just the ones on the far right. The guy on the left was one of the outfitters.

  • RICK SUITS UP

    RICK SUITS UP

  • THE LOOK

    THE LOOK

    I would see this "look" many times over the next five days. You just can't steer a canoe and take pictures at the same time.

  • STEVE AND SUSAN

    STEVE AND SUSAN

    In Steve's awesome Grumman aluminum canoe. That thing made some major noise going over rocks!

  • FIRST CAMP

    FIRST CAMP

    We didn't make much ground -- or river -- the first day and set up camp. That's my friend Danny's Sierra Design tent on the far left.

  • KICKING BACK

    KICKING BACK

    Here are Rick and Susan relaxing in their Coleman tent. That's Steve's teepee behind them.

  • RIVER OF GLASS

    RIVER OF GLASS

    What a beautiful still morning for a canoe trip!

  • CLIFFTOP AERIE

    CLIFFTOP AERIE

    I don't know whose place this is, but what a view!!!

  • SIDE CANYON

    SIDE CANYON

    There were plenty of opportunities to explore on this trip.

  • SECOND CAMP (APPROACHING STORM)

    SECOND CAMP (APPROACHING STORM)

    Here comes the fallout from all the tornadic activity that almost leveled Lancaster, where Rick lives.

  • WHAT THE HAIL???

    WHAT THE HAIL???

    We got pelted good by a hailstorm. It sounded like machine-gun fire in my tent.

  • HOLY SHIT!!!

    HOLY SHIT!!!

    Just to show the effect of the wind during this little meteorological extravaganza. It actually bent one of the poles on my tent.

  • NEW WATERFALL

    NEW WATERFALL

    Funny, I don't remember that being there when we set up camp.

  • SNACKIN' SUSAN

    SNACKIN' SUSAN

    TIme for a little break, and Susan is making full use of it.

  • THE SEEP

    THE SEEP

    Susan used this opportunity to take a little shower.

  • ERODED CLIFF

    ERODED CLIFF

    Just to show what thousands of years can do to limestone.

  • CHECKING THE MAP

    CHECKING THE MAP

    We had to be at certain points each day to keep on schedule. This is Rick and Steve checking to see where we are.

  • YOU ARE HERE

    YOU ARE HERE

  • THE WAY WE CAME

    THE WAY WE CAME

    Looking back from whence we came.

  • THIRD CAMP

    THIRD CAMP

  • THE DRYING TREE

    THE DRYING TREE

    Luckily, there were lots of bushes and trees to drape our wet things over.

  • THE SECRET'S OUT

    THE SECRET'S OUT

    AHA!!! Steve brought along some Crystal Light Lemonade to relieve the boredom of drinking nothing but water.

  • EXPLORING

    EXPLORING

  • LOOKING BACK

    LOOKING BACK

    I'm standing on what was once an Indian camp. You can see a grinding hole on the lower right.

  • INDIAN CAMP

    INDIAN CAMP

    Grinding holes everywhere. These guys were here a long time.

  • GRINDING HOLE

    GRINDING HOLE

  • PADDLING ON

    PADDLING ON

  • EROSION BOWL

    EROSION BOWL

  • COOL CAVE

    COOL CAVE

    We spotted this awesome shelter cave and had to do a little exploring.

  • INSIDE THE CAVE

    INSIDE THE CAVE

    Where was this when we were in the middle of that hailstorm?

  • BACK TO THE BOATS

    BACK TO THE BOATS

  • CHECKING THE RAPIDS

    CHECKING THE RAPIDS

    These aren't fierce rapids by any stretch of the imagination, but they warranted a look-see anyway.

  • RICK AND DOUG APPROACH

    RICK AND DOUG APPROACH

  • DROWNED TRACTOR

    DROWNED TRACTOR

    Oopsy!!! Didn't quite make it.

  • PAINTED WALL

    PAINTED WALL

    I forget what the process is called that painted the limestone wall like this.

  • SHOOTING THE RAPIDS

    SHOOTING THE RAPIDS

    Yeah, now we're talkin'!!!

  • MORE PAINTED WALL

    MORE PAINTED WALL

  • DOUG BAILS

    DOUG BAILS

    This was a constant activity on this trip.

  • SCULPTED CAVE

    SCULPTED CAVE

    Yet another cave set into the rock face.

  • SCULPTED CAVE OPENING

    SCULPTED CAVE OPENING

    Seen from a different angle.

  • SCULPTED CAVE ENTRY

    SCULPTED CAVE ENTRY

    Too good to pass up, we go in!

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