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Looks like a lovely place to paddle. Some dogs do the "I Fitz, I Sitz" almost as much as any cat, but they need to turn around 13...

Well, we didn’t swim, but my posterior was puckered a couple times at the lake. Lotus blooms are always stunning. Would be nice to...

Sounds like it's time to add an old beater Royalex canoe back to the quiver!

Love to have a resource like that. Although, “runnable in a $3,000 composite hull” would be a better measure. I regret selling my...

Right now the American Whitewater site is showing the Little Miami River as "Low Runnable", with the East Fork and the Clifton Gorge...

2.70 is above the median of 2.58, correct?

The graph you are looking at shows the stage, not the discharge (flow). Not all USGS gauges register discharge data and this one does...

It appears she’s just over the median depth right now. That section can be pretty rocky in most conditions. So I guess the only way...

Here’s what I’m looking at:

In a practical sense, the absolute lowest runnable discharge for canoes is around 250-400 cfs for larger creeks and rivers. Sometimes a...

One thing I have been doing is looking at nearby outfitter websites. A lot of time they link to the website of the relative gauges and...

It's not easy to interpret flows/gages in the beginning. There are some guide books for certain areas and streams but I don't know how...

I’m trying to understand river flow data to develop “go, no-go” criteria for day trips. The data is so relative to each stream’s, each...

Nicely put Alan. I agree that it's good to know what you and your boat are capable of so you can get a good match to your paddling...

When I used to paddle regularly I often paddled for exercise and liked going hard and fast. I almost always carried a GPS to track my...