Sure it was a Friday, and yeah.. maybe I was supposed to be in Austin at the office.. .but.. with the temps coming back to normal, and the opportunity to go kayaking on the river while the flow is still up.. going INTO the office was just not going to happen.

The plan was to kayak the Guadalupe River from the base of Canyon Lake Dam, back to the River House.

After finishing up some work in the morning and dealing with the ever annoying Scrum Standup meeting, we packed up the truck and headed to the River House, where Uncle Senior Tim was waiting with the kayaks loaded and ready to go.

We reached the dam around 1:00, put in below the hydro plant and I immediately set to capsizing the kayak. I figure it’s best to get that sort of stuff out of the way first.

About 30min. into the trip, the sun came out, the temps jumped up and it turned into a glorious afternoon!!

Not far down the river, you hit Horseshoe Falls.
It’s not that tall, and when the river is up, rocks are a lot less of an issue, but the hydraulics of the upper damn and the falls itself would make for a fun rafting run.. but.. in sit-on kayaks.. eh.. we opted to portage around as the sign suggested.

You can certainly see some great homes along the river.

You can also find some interesting art installations and other oddities, such as a caboose outbuilding or a 3/4 size longhorn bbq pit.

The weather was nice enough that the turtles were out on the logs and rocks sunning themselves all along the river.

The weather is supposed to be pretty decent again today so… I think we’ll do it all over again.