2016 Season Begins with a Bang! New Wave began its 2016 season on Saturday March 12, with a Taos Box trip and a Racecourse trip. For the Box,the weather was nice to begin, but then the wind started to blow! The party saw an otter and lots of bighorn sheep. Britt Runyon guided the Taos Box trip, with 4 guys from New York. He got an assist from Mike Boren, who rowed a support boat. We never send a single, unaccompanied, boat down the Box Here’s the Box crew.
Our Box crew, at the John Dunn bridge Box put-in
Here’s the Esquivel family, from San Antonio, Texas, after their morning Racecourse trip, with guides Hendrix Johnston and Joey Coburn, who rowed a support boat. They wrote: “Steve, we had a great time today. Hendrix and Joey were great guides and made the trip very enjoyable and memorable.”
The Esquivel ladies, at the Racecourse County Line take-out
Here is the Gonzalez family from Houston. Britt guided them down the Racecourse on Sunday afternoon.
The Gonzalez family, at the Quartzite put-in.
Another herald of spring is the blooming of the forsythia. Here’s our one forsythia bush.
Forsythia bush by the New Wave sign, at our Embudo headquarters
And, how about the water?? Yep, with all the early warm weather, the run-off has started, with a nice volume of water in the river. The flow is 946 cfs at the Embudo gauge.
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