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February 2000, the Keel Hauler's Canoe Club annual Winter Warming trip takes them south from Ohio to Mexico. As usual, many thanks to trip leader John Kobak for his considerable time and trouble making the arrangements. |  |
Participants
Keel Haulers
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Our Guides . . .
. . . and their Guests
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Links
Calleva Paddling Office: Our Guides have some nice information on their web site. Or you can send them eMail.
Kayak Mexico: information from the locals.
Trip Report: Narrative summary by our Trip Leader.
Photos
One of the best ways to remember this wonderful trip is through the photos collected from various participants.
Syd in the Air. This is the 50 foot falls at the top of the Rio Micos slide/fall section. We didn't paddle this
Photo Album. This page contains small thumbnail images from our Photo Album. With all of the images, it might take a minute to load the page. These actually reside on a web site prepared by John Kobak (see below)
Directory. This is a link to a directory listing of web site posted by John Kobak. He has two versions of each photo, a small thumbprint to preview quickly, and then a more detailed image which will take a little while to download.
Video
These are streaming video files in MPG format. You will need a browser
plug-in to view these. And they may take a while to download. Observe the file
size before selecting. As a suggestion, right-mouse click and select "save
as" to save to your hard disk. Then try to open with the video viewer. If
you don't have a video viewer. you might try to find on the Internet. I will try to
get instructions posted here when I know the answer.
Rich Falls: Rich going over the water falls. It was fun, really!
Itinerary
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Jan 27 (Thu): Houston. The RV departs with John, Peg, Rich, and Chuck on board.
Jan 28 (Fri): Matamoros: Spent the night 20 miles south of the border after lotsa run-around getting the proper papers at the border.
Jan 29 (Sat): Tampico. Arrives after a 2-day drive from Houston. John & Rich get a little lost on a long bike ride around town. Then we pick up Judi at the airport.
Jan 30 (Sun): Emerald Coast:
Jan 31 (Mon): Emerald Coast:
Feb 1 (Tue): Jalapa: A tour through the archeological museum, then on to the Hot Springs.
Feb 2 (Wed) Vera Cruz: Group arrives at airport and shuttles to the Hot Springs. RV was already there, Rich & John had a nice bike ride.
Feb 3 (Thu): Rio Actopan
Feb 4 ( Fri): Rio Pescados, intermediate section. We couldn't find a driver to takes us down to the putin for the upper section.
Feb 5 (Sat): Drive to Jalapa, the capital of the state of Vera Cruz. Shopping and leisure. Then travel to Alatonga. The little hotel we stayed in had frigid brick walls and doors so low even the women had to duck. Kobaks took the RV on to Tlapacoyan.
Feb 6 (Sun): Alto Bobos: A long truck ride through the mountainous country side, and then a 1500 ft. vertical drop along a donkey path to the putin. But well worth it.
Feb 7 (Mon): travel to Cuidad Valles. A disastrous short cut turned this seven hour drive into an all nighter.
Feb 8 (Tue): Rio Naranja, Micos section. Putin at a power plant below a beautiful 50 ft. waterfalls. Then top section is six smaller waterfalls down to the park. The lower section is a scenic stroll through a tropical paradise. Takeout is at the expansive farm of a retired Mexican police general (the tips are good). Unfortunately, this was also the day that Syd broke his back jumping from the falls at the putin.
Feb 9 (Wed): Rio Tampaon
Feb 10 (Thu): Rio Naranja.
Feb 11 (Fri): Rio Micos again. Run the falls again and take photos and video. Then pack up and drive to Tampico.
Feb 12 (Sat): Depart from Tampico. It was fun!
