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PatrickMcHorn

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  1. This could easily be thrown into the dumb question amnesty thread, but I'm choosing to drop it here.

    My daughters and I play the license plate game in the car (keep a list and try to find all 50).

    Trailers on 18 wheelers are a good source of out of state players, however, there is an insane number of them from both Oklahoma and Maine. Any idea why?

    Cheaper to register there? Manufactured there?

    Oklahoma I can kind of see, but Maine? Wtf?

  2. If Blacklab still has any legal fees I think it should be monetized as much as possible until they are paid off, assuming that wouldn't violate any court orders.  After that turn the ads down as needed to where the site is making enough to pay the bills and maybe a basdass tailgate once a year.
    I like this idea, also in for a few bucks a month
  3. Loved the Top Chopt Rancher "steak" plate at the Nighthawk for $1.95 in the mid 1960s down at the old location (S. Congress & Riverside). The last one I ate was at the Frisco, which had it listed as the Texan.... for $13.95.
    Both places were real Austin icons. Sad to see them gone.
    Which corner of Congress and riverside? What is it now? Just curious.
  4. Therma rest are solid and compress down well. I've always just had one of those ozark trail pillows, which I've thought was fine.

    They have different sizes depending on how big you are. If you're bringing a 1 man tent, just keep the footprint of the tent in mind and try to go bigger than you think you'll need.

  5. Agree with everything smails said. Super duper light. It will make a big difference when dragging, and if you're going to splurge on one thing, make it the sleeping pad.

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  6. If I remember correctly from the San Marcos thread of infamy, you are young, and I imagine in shape. Given that, I would say no there's not really anything to worry about as long as you're properly prepared. If you've backpacked before, that's a huge Plus. Just know you'll need to go as light as possible, which I assume you're already used to. Make sure you have a reliable way to get water, purifying river water is really easy there. Other than that, they're stolen Falls which you can't kayak over. The only other thing to be aware of in my opinion, is three tiers Falls, which if the water flow is slow, you'll really just kind of bounce your boat off of rocks until you get to the bottom. The other thing to be concerned about is flash floods, it's truly an undammed River for the part that you will be on. Rain 300 miles away, could mean an immediate unforeseen Danger. The other thing is really just understanding that help is hours away with a satellite phone, and days away without one. Be careful, and you will be fine.

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  7. Yeah, it would be really tough for me. You only get one opening weekend a year. The other thing about Labor Day is, you might have some water flow issues. That's true of any day, but I would think that historically towards the end of summer, the flow is going to be on the lower side. Do you know if you would put in at Baker's, or at the first Park? At the park, the Springs there make the flow much more consistent, from baker's, it might be a really tough paddle that first day.

  8. I would have a hard time on opening football weekend, but that's just me. I've been twice, and it is definitely something that everyone should do before they die. It is also something that, I'm not entirely confident will still exist in its current form in 5, 10, or 20 years. I would like to think that it will remain protected, and access very guarded, but honestly, who knows.

    If it were me, I think I would take a look at the friends who were inviting me, and decide if they are the kind of people I would want to spend for tough but beautiful days with. People who complain, are assholes, or who would have issues at the first sign of trouble, are not someone that I would want to go to with. Maybe you have better friends than me, but if it's weren't three or four specific friends of mine, I would tell them I'll catch you next time, and then actually plan my own trip that wasn't the opening weekend of football.

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  9. Just found out that I work with a guy who has a little brother with a Hell of a Devil's River kayaking story.  Apparently he had a buddy die while they were kayaking down the river and they had to carry his body for a couple of days.  I think he said that it was a drowning.
    Can be nuts out there. I'm 2 for 2 on good trips despite one of those killing my boat. Flash floods out of if nowhere though ..
  10. There are a couple islands just upstream from 973 if I'm remembering right. You could drag up past those though. Its probably only 5 or 6 miles from 183 down to there, but I hate that put in.

  11. If that were the case, the water in the pic wouldn't be green/blue. The Colorado runs muddy brown anytime there is rain.
    1234. If it's the Colorado, my guess is it's above the dams in the hill country where it's flowing over rock instead of clay.
  12. Yeah, I've done the dam to halfway between smithville and la Grange, most of it multiple times, and never seen anything like that.

    There are springs that come out of the side of cliffs, but nothing close to that. With a heavy rain, maybe, but the water would look more like chocolate milk on the Colorado.

    The Colorado on the west side of the Rockies, lol?

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