Tuesday, July 8, 2008

News: Site change coming, more


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Originally uploaded by jayalbionheath
Larry Braaten has been on the Big Sioux River lately, and we're not going to take the Klondike to Canton route on July 26 due to debris.

Instead we'll reprise the route from the put-in shown here in this nice photo, located just north of Lake Alvin, and paddle down to the Klondike. Last year this was our biggest event, about 40 boats and 50 paddlers, and everyone had fun. Shuttle will be provided. It starts at noon, Saturday, July 26, 2008. E-mail Jarett with questions.

In other news, the father and son who lost boats but safely crawled from a BSR strainer are still fine, and now their boats are, too. Again, props to Larry for helping them track 'em down and get them back, he found one on a recent outing. That's what I call a good paddling community.

Don't forget to check out the post below, or hit Jay Heath's blog, http://southdakotakayak.blogspot.com/, for full details on Saturday's water monitoring operation at Grass Lake, just west of Sioux Falls.
It starts at 9 a.m. July 12.


On July 17 at 6 p.m., SDCA members, following Mary Finck's lead, will meet in Sioux Falls at the BSR access right off 26th Street East, near the 229 loop. Those who gather will sweep the banks (in the boats) and clean up trash.

Plans are in the works for the SDCA newletter to be out this week. Sorry for the delay, but this issue will cover June and July. We'll augment with a late-July mailing if we need to do so.

On the waters downstream front, we are scouting sites for a James River August cruise, and we'll post details as soon as they are solid.

In review: Saturday, 9 a.m., Grass Lake; Thursday, July 17, 6 p.m., Big Sioux clean-up in Sioux Falls; July 26 cruise starting point moved to Lake Alvin, ending point, Klondike; two chaps who lost their boats got 'em back.

Cheers,

Jarett

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

All,

Im fairly new to the sport. I have a trip planned for July 18th from Sioux Falls to the Big Sioux Recreation area near brandon. Its about 11 miles and from everything I can find, should be an easy trip. However, I keep seeing warnings about "low head dams". I've taken college physics and clearly understand the dangers. Problem is, I can't find any map or other information as to WHERE THEY ARE!!! I guess all Im asking is if you know of any low heads between Sioux Falls and Brandon. I would appreciate any help anyone can give.
Please reply to dangerwing@yahoo.com

Thanks
Dan Gerwing