Branch River Icebreaker – March 18, 2018

Running Whipple Drop

It was a balmy 23° as we met at the put-in in Harrisville. Mike decided it was too cold to paddle, but he did help us with the shuttle. It ended up being just Tommy and me, but we met Chuck who paddled up from the take-out, and Bill who met us for a burger at Gators Pub. Level was OK – 3.5’, 300 cfs. The river was pretty clear after it iced out in January, but with three recent Nor'easters there are a bunch of trees down now. Fortunately nothing that we needed to portage around. There is one strainer on river left at the bottom of Glendale that could be dangorous if you can't get over to the right. Good time as always.

Tommy running Glendale Rapid

Another great poem from canoeswithduckheads on P-net. 

From Ville to Ville,
of Harris to Nason,
many dam drops and boulders,
suit some for paddler displacin',

for where there once suited Santa,
Explorering a rock garden strut,
to thenst kneel before Whipple,
now arrests wickerbutt,

whilst other old RICKA's,
gone a RICA-c-split,
suit selves Souhegan and Wildfire
which dryly suits two outfit.

And addressing last portage,
appeared Riverstridin' refutin',
Rapunzel could drop longest lines,
for it abeards it must be Rasputin.
TW

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