My wife Kathy graciously offered to take over the office for the day so that I could do the Box. It would be a pity to miss out on this level, because it’s just so much fun, without being very hard. And, I (being 75 years of age) need the practice and exercise, since Kathy, myself, Britt and CJ are going to Peru in the Fall to run over 300 miles of the Rio Marañón (http://www.sierrarios.org/GuidedTrips/RaftTripInfo_Maranon.html). We’ll be boating from the foothills of the Andes down to the jungle, and the trip includes Class IV and V rapids!
The Rio Hondo enters the Rio Grande just below the put-in at John Dunn Bridge
60 mph Rapid, in the Playground section. It got this name because a “60 MPH” speed limit sign had been propped (for a while) against a rock alongside the rapid.
The flat-topped mid-stream rock in the Playground section
The “Dead Car”
The approach to the right run of Dead Car Rapid
Dead Car rapid
The approach to Rock Garden rapid, known as “Rocky 1″
Below Rock Garden is Kathy’s Cleaver, named for my wife Kathy
These photos were taken with a point and shoot waterproof Panasonic Lumix camera.
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