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[garnerac]

Had a great time shooting (with a camera) the first couple of obstacles! The first is Rio Vista in SM, and the second is Cottonseed rapids near Martindale. Ive been in San Marcos 34 years and this was the first time Ive ever been to see this. It was a blast and I will go next year!
Enjoy the Pix!
http://picasaweb.google.com/hvacstud/Te ... afari2010#

[Chief Brody]

great pictures - that was fun to look at.

thanks for posting.

[Night Wing]

You really outdid yourself taking all those photos. They were great! Thanks for taking so many of them and sharing them with us.

[Red Slayer]

Thanks for the awesome pics! It was nice to see at least one shot in there of a SOT, wonder how the dude in the Tarpon did?

[Pogo]

Most excellent, thank you! We're waiting for the first boats to hit Victoria now, just a short 24 hours later.....

[bowgarguide]

Awesome .
Ron

[Firefly49]

Awesome photos...........loved the slideshow. Thanks for posting!!!

[RattleSnakeByte]

Nice job, especially the sequence photos at cotton seed.

I'm in disbelief, but apparently some of the participants never ran Rio Vista prior to the race!

[garnerac]

Yeah, I thought that too,,,,, the bigger teams quickly portaged and were on their way. Seemed like some of the smaller rigs had problems, big problems!
Thanks for all the comments! How about that photog in the water at RV with a wide angle lens. Id love to see what he got! Anyone know who that was?
I have high rez images of all of these and more if anyone wants a copy, email me.
Where can we see results? The TWS website isnt much help.

[garnerac]

Found this but I dont think all teams had trackers
http://trackleaders.com/watersafari

[Redeye]

You really outdid yourself taking all those photos. They were great! Thanks for taking so many of them and sharing them with us.

X2

What a beautiful area and pic.

[Aggroman]

Nice photos, man that looks like fun.

[RattleSnakeByte]

I like the tracker. I'll be offering to be a team captain for two guys next year, did not know this was out there.

[elcoyote]

Yeah, I thought that too,,,,, the bigger teams quickly portaged and were on their way. Seemed like some of the smaller rigs had problems, big problems!
Thanks for all the comments! How about that photog in the water at RV with a wide angle lens. Id love to see what he got! Anyone know who that was?
I have high rez images of all of these and more if anyone wants a copy, email me.
Where can we see results? The TWS website isnt much help.

Man, those are great photos! I have been looking for an update all day, two of my good friends are in the race, and I can't get ahold of their captain to see how they are doing. You got some great photos of them on photos 201-205. If you can, I woulld love to have the hi-res images of those so I can print them out for my buddies.

Thanks for taking the time to get all of those great photos!

[garnerac]

No problem, PM me with your email.
The only update I can find is that tracking page and it appears two teams are getting close to the Green Lake area but Im not sure every team had trackers. http://trackleaders.com/watersafari

[garnerac]

Found a better tracking page: http://paddle24seven.com/index.php?opti ... Itemid=165

Looks like a guy named Stephens followed by Cochran. Looks somewhat racy at the front.

[yakin ag]

Looks like great river conditions! Nice pics

[garnerac]

Yeah but look at the Bay in Seadrift! Choppy.
http://tisd.net/~harveybppp/webcam.html

[yakin ag]

Yeah but look at the Bay in Seadrift! Choppy.
http://tisd.net/~harveybppp/webcam.html

That was my biggest fear (before we had to cancel) leading up to the race...hitting a choppy bay tired and at night. We were planning on trash bags and duct tape for a spray skirt, and I had visions of us sinking that canoe

Rest Of Today...South wind 20 to 25 knots. Bays choppy to occasionally rough.

Tonight...South wind 20 to 25 knots decreasing to 15 to 20 knots after midnight. Bays choppy to occasionally rough.

Tuesday...South wind 15 to 20 knots. Bays choppy.

Tuesday Night...Southeast wind 15 to 20 knots. Bays choppy.

Wednesday...Southeast wind 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots. Bays choppy.


Doesn't look like it will be laying anytime soon either

[Pogo]

Dude, your fears were well founded. The upper race looked great, lots of pushy flow and cushiony levels ....... but then came the lower end. Lots of carnage at Alligator Lake, and the Bay was Brutal. Most boats walked the last couple-few miles, only the few, the proud, the ones with superior spraydecks and seamanship actually made it to the finish with the keel pointed down. Maybe one in ten? Did I say it was Brutal?

I'll post some pics soon ........ just got home........

[elcoyote]

Just found out that my friends ended up 3rd place in the 2 man aluminum category. Not a bad shot.

[swatson]

Great Pics. Thanks for sharing.

We were boat 97, Gaud Squad. We may be famous for our spot tracker plot around alligator lake. ha. We were close to finding the right cut and getting to slough and back to river but 2am and no sleep things get silly. Went back to river and did the long portage at daylight.

Bay was a joy. We dumped 4 times. Trying to keep up the spray cover and paddle with waves crashing into you is a challange. Boat would keep adding water and start to roll and soon she would just go over. Last time we got it empty and made it across barge canal before we went over. Ended up walking it to the finish line. WE really wanted a top 15 but got 17th overall. Always great to finish and still have working organs.

Neches river race Augsut 7th. Great race for SOTs.

s

[Deacon]

Had a great time shooting (with a camera) the first couple of obstacles! The first is Rio Vista in SM, and the second is Cottonseed rapids near Martindale. Ive been in San Marcos 34 years and this was the first time Ive ever been to see this. It was a blast and I will go next year!
Enjoy the Pix!
http://picasaweb.google.com/hvacstud/Te ... afari2010#

My ex's dad used to do that race. He finished it Twice If I remember right. Nice pics.

[Pogo]

We were boat 97, Gaud Squad. ......... Always great to finish and still have working organs.

Bring back any memories?

[swatson]

I seem to have that happy camper face in all your photos. I need to learn to work for the camera. Will practice some better poses for "next" time. 2012 maybe.

Sad to see us drag the boat in but at that point it was all we could do. We wanted to at least be in the water but it was time to concede and get done.

We appreciate everyone who was there to cheer us on and take pictures. All the racers are very thankful for the support we get.

Thanks to all
steve