Colorado River Dawgs Swamp Fest

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Got frogs?
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The great news was the group. 2 years ago we started with 12 people. last year it grew to 17. This year the River Dawgs totaled 24.

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This is the swamp we faced the first mile and half along with followon as things as the opened up. Can you say salad?
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Dry dock
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The view from my bed this morning.
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The butterfly.
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Mother and tweeners.
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The bird and the turtle.
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Paddling in this stuff was rough!
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Who brought the dressing?

Wow must have been tough!

Great pics! Thank for sharing

I count more than 24 :shock:

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wow, that is alot of vegg. is it usually that bad? what part of the colorado were you on?
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No one there in all the years they have been doing it had seen even a fraction of that much vegetation.
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No one there in all the years they have been doing it had seen even a fraction of that much vegetation.

Zman, I think you double counted. I just checked again. Three of us came up with 24 when on site. :)
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Hirsch wrote:No one there in all the years they have been doing it had seen even a fraction of that much vegetation.
I read an article In the early 80's when Austin was growing faster than they could keep up . Sewer water was being dumped into the Colorado that was not completely treated. Large mats of grass/algae were growing in the river with tomato plants growing in them. They said the seeds don't digest in our system and without proper treatment survived to grow in the mats..I also remember when I was a kid in the 50's we lived very close to the Trinity River my parents told us never to get in the river when we were out playing by it. you could smell raw sewage plus see toilet paper stuck on the banks...and then it went tru Dallas :mrgreen: who knows what gets dumped in our Rivers even today..
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Hirsch wrote:
Zman, I think you double counted. I just checked again. Three of us came up with 24 when on site. :)
Dayum! I sure did! Two pics thought it was two groups! :lol: :lol:

Hope to join u guys next time!


Lets go campin....coco!

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Had a blast even with the salad. Glad to see friends and meet new people. New tent worked well as expected. Looking forward to the next trip. I will add lcra to the list of websites to follow....
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for the third time in a row the weather/water has thrown a curveball and reduced the fishing conditions to almost 0%..... I guess next time if there is any rain within a week of the trip it will be a no-go.... camping was fun and we lost a few lbs though!
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CoodaDude14 wrote:for the third time in a row the weather/water has thrown a curveball and reduced the fishing conditions to almost 0%..... I guess next time if there is any rain within a week of the trip it will be a no-go.... camping was fun and we lost a few lbs though!
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It was a struggle at first, but, considering how rare this event is... I feel blessed for the opportunity to have expierenced this unusual event first hand. A very different and beautiful face of a unique and lovely lady. Thanks Colorado River, and God bless Texas.

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Thanks for sharing the pictures!

I wish I could have made it, but as sick and miserable as I was at home, I would not have been very pleasant company :).

I take it you didn't get any rain on the trip since I didn't make it down there? :lol: :mrgreen:

There's a rumor going around we should get some rain and cooler weather here by Friday, man all of Texas needs it so bad! Wish we could have intercepted some of what fell on poor Colorado last week.
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That was definitely different, still enjoyed it though. Good to see everybody and meet a few new folks.
I have some good photos, but here at work they've blocked photo sharing sites and no net at the house. I'll put up a few some how latter.

Thanks for getting it togather Paul.
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Hey Ed, post your pictures man!
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He said he was going to post his pictures and he will. No need to nag him every 3 weeks. :)
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My contribution to the "Salad Bowl!"
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Good Job Ed nice pictures ...that looks like it was a lot of work too paddle tru that vegie sandwich
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