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Tieton River (WA) - Sept. 5-6, 2009

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At the putin, the rain begins...


Sadly River Rec has taken over the old Downstream putin


Al, Linda, and Willie R3 it today


USFS apparently decided one of the campgrounds needed an observation deck


Snowdragon Adventure Shots - Al, Linda, and Willie


Snowdragon Adventure Shots - Jim and Sherry


Snowdragon Adventure Shots "Verification"


Below High Noon


Still raining


Above surf wave


Below the bridge surf wave. Got stuck there briefly...


Still raining at the usual lunch stop, so onto takeout


Emu island


Rain starts to let up


Jim, Sherry and I got bumped out of the 'regular' camp spot


Slept in the vehicle all night listening to the rain pinging on the roof


Sunday - Unstacking at the putin2


Snowdragon Adventure Shots - even had to wear the rain pants today...


Below dam


Apparently moved - kinda fuzzy :)...


RiverBooty.com Shots - Verification #2


Clearing finallly begins


Spacing out for takeout


The only moments of sunshine


Approaching takeout


Al pushes into takeout eddy. Rained back at the putin where I retrieved my truck and poured most of the way home. Worst weather in 26 seasons of Tieton boating...


USACE Flow - 1500 CFS on Sat., 1550 CFS on Sun., but rain runoff made it seem higher


    Credits:
  1. U.O.N., Olympus Stylus 770SW Digital Photography by William F. Smith (7.1 MP, 2304x1728 SQ1, 3X optical 38-114mm)
  2. Nikon E5700 Digital Photography by Linda Schwartz (5.0 MP, 8X optical 35-280mm)

Last Update 18-Sep-09