Despite what you may have seen in earlier posts, our trip to Wausau and the Wolf River Section 4 will be Labor Day weekend. We'll leave the morning of Sept. 2...
Hi folks: Cathy Engstrom of Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation asked me whether any experienced paddlers would be willing to help lead and sweep for smaller...
Hi folks: Cathy Engstrom of Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation asked me whether any experienced paddlers would be willing to help lead and sweep for smaller...
Hello All, Piper has invited us up to the 13th street Ames play spot this Thursday to get practice with the friendly retentive hole (I know sounds like an ...
All: Here's a link to the article: http://www.dmregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?ID=/20050804/LIFE04/508040364/1039/LIFE Matt: No mincing word for you, eh???...
I'm interested in paddling Clay Hole Wed (late morning or early afternoon start time). Anyone else? Piper Wall...
Piper Wall
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Aug 8, 2005 2:14 am
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Piper W., John W., and I are headed to Clay Hole this Thursday, Aug. 11 for some play. We'll try to arrive at 2 p.m. and leave around 4 to 5 p.m. Anyone is...
If all who are going can do some car pooling, that would be great. My car has no functional air conditioning and so is unlikely to be a popular choice. Piper ...
Piper Wall
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Aug 9, 2005 10:09 pm
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This is kind of belated, but I wanted to thank everyone who showed up for the Middle Raccoon River clean-up at the Whiterock Conservancy near Coon Rapids. We...
How'd you find that fin after Nate and I did all that bobbing? You should join our underwater search and recovery team http://www.cedarnet.org/dive_rescue/ ...
http://prairierapidspaddlers.org We started with the forum and will be adding a front page with other links soon. The yahoo site will be phased out. sw...
Steve Veysey helped out with the construction at Anderson Access Saturday and brought along some news about proposed changes to the state water quality...
Hi gang! Well, we went to Clay Hole last week and had a great time. Now Steve Weliver's coming this way to Commerce Ledges. The water's pretty low but there's...
John, I did get in the whitewater boat for the first time this morning since swimming and ultimately breaking my toe in the Arkansas river over two months ago....
Scott Bandstra
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Aug 18, 2005 6:00 pm
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Sept 17 the PrairieRapidsPaddlers.org will be getting together at the Clay Hole. We'll be meeting at the small shelter at 11 a.m. We'll have a couple grills...
Is anyone interested in going to Commerce Ledges tonight? After last week - I am anxious to get back out there. Bo __________________________________________ ...
Bo Geigley
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Aug 24, 2005 7:42 pm
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I can't make it tonight, but I'll be going out tomorrow night (Thursday, regular time, 6 p.m.). Last week at the Upper Ledge at Commerce was about as good as...
to water quality issues ... sometimes i feel that we learn nothing from events like that of New Orleans of late ... orders of magnitude change, but the laws of...
Yo Dudeski! Yeah Baby! The rain has come and gone and the river is up. I checked the gauges. I was sad at first, as the Raccoon River Near West Des Moine...
Yeah, I'll be out there. I think Lyle will be, too. Here's to rising waters. Speaking of which, if rains keep coming, keep an eye on the Winnebago, folks. If...
I'm planning on going up to Clay Hole (Cedar Falls) this Saturday. Per Steve Welliver's email, the Prairie Ridge Paddlers are meeting at the small shelter area...
I'm heading out to West Virginia for the Gauley River Festival on 9/22-24, leaving Wed after work and coming back Sunday. Is anyone interested in heading that...
Fortney, Robin B
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Sep 15, 2005 6:54 pm
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Bruce and I will be out for sure. Water's very low, but feel free to join us! -- In almost every situation, I can live by these words: "Paddle! Paddle!...
ISU canoe kayak club is back in session. Great group to join to work on your skills regardless of the weather. Piper ... From: Arthur Davis To: kayak club ...
Piper Wall
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Sep 16, 2005 7:53 pm
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Boaters: As we're wrapping up our summer season, there's much to report. Think about all we did this year that we hadn't pulled off in previous years: *...