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| Marlene |
I was suppose to lead an overnight camping trip at
Burlingame on Saturday, but the forecast didn’t look promising – cold, rainy and
windy. Of the 12 campers who
originally signed up, I was down to 3 when I cancelled the trip on Friday
night. But how does that old
saying go – “when one door closes another opens”. While rain isn’t good for camping its great for whitewater
paddling.
I got an email that a group would be running Lower Otter
Brook on Saturday, and now I was free to join in. Lower Otter Brook is a small class II run in Roxbury, NH
(outside of Keene). The level is
controlled by the huge Otter Brook Dam built by the Army Corps of
Engineers. We had six boats– 2
canoes and 4 kayaks.
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| Eric |
The morning was cold and windy when I arrived at the put-in.
I was glad that I brought my drysuit and gloves. The level was around 350 cfs, which was slightly more that
the typical spring release of 300 cfs.
We worked our way downstream dodging rocks, catching eddies and just
having fun.
I went through the Otter Ledge first, bouncing off the
wave at the bottom and into the eddy below the ledge - prefect. I was in great position to get some
pictures, but couldn’t get the water drops off the lens in time. Oh well…
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| Heading to the take-out |
There was good flow coming out of Minnewawa Brook where
Otter Brook joins to form the Branch producing long wave trains along Route
101. We arrived at the take-out
around 1:30, and debated a second run.
For me the answer was easy, I needed to be home around 3:00. Looking at the gage, it looks like they
shut the water off at around 1:30 anyway.
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