Ok. . .Ok. . . another back log.  Here is an excuse. . . I didn’t start blogging until May, so I need to play some catch up.  (Does that work)

 

                     

 

Stephen and I show up in Downieville with the rumor that Pauley creek has enough water.  We don’t know where we are going, so we just start driving up some random road and come across the beacon of light called Kent.  (Or the beacon of, “we have a shuttle”)  We end up meeting up with a large crew from Reno for my first run down Pauley creek.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The river starts out with some fun class II ripples.  Then all of a sudden you see a large log crossing over the top of the river, and you know you have reached the first drop. . . Federal Falls.     Being one of my first “waterfalls”, I gave a baby boof, tucked, yelled “watch out below”, and somehow landed perfect at the bottom.  The rest of the run involves 4 or 5 good sized drops and slides with good company and conversation in between.   This run also involved some carnage with Kent landing on top and somehow under Kent after a 18-20 foot slide.  

 

 

I was lucky enough to have Stephen point and shoot us down most of the run.  He would scout, then point to where we needed to be.   Made the day almost perfect.  I was also lucky this year that the water was high enough for a good couple weeks, so I was able to get some good weekends and multiple runs down Pauley Creek.  Until next year. . . .  Enjoy the pics.