We saw The DeLorean on our way back from the Nantahala river yesterday. It wouldn’t go above 88 mph. And Marty has not aged well.

First, you may notice a little weirdness with the layout here, I upgraded the program that runs 10gallonhat.com, WordPress, and it made things get a little funny, and not in the good way. I plan on fixing it real soon.

Second, tomorrow Teresa and I are going boating! I will be kayaking, and she will be taking a ducky down the mighty Nantahala river. It is our first time boating together, hopefully it will be good. I think it will be good. The river is fairly easy, and duckies are nice and easy to maneuver down the river. I should have gotten a water prof camera for the day, nuts!

So far this Spring has been a rainy one here in Asheville. Rainy times make the rivers rise. Rising rivers make me want to kayak more. Having a brand new (only used once at this time) kayak makes me want to kayak more. Not having a car makes it difficult for me to use my new boat and kayak more. Sigh.

Thinking along those lines also makes me start thinking about kayaking in College Station. I have done a little research online, trying to find rivers to run in, and near, College Station. There seem to be a few, but one that runs right near town by the name Brazos. Not much of a white water river it seems. Mostly level 1 according to riverfacts.com. The closest seems to be a play-hole about 30 minutes outside of College Station (see the photo) called Hidalgo Falls. I am not getting my hopes up too much for the Brazos or Hidalgo Falls, but at least it will be something. And with the weather being what it is down there, I should be able to boat year round. I do like that.

So, I just took a break from writing that bit up top and remembered to search on americanwhitewater.org for texas river info. Found out a bunch more information regarding rivers. Listed below are some useful links:

• American Whitewater’s list of Texas rivers
• River Facts list of rivers nearby College Station
• More information about the Hidalgo Falls section of the Brazos
• American Whitewater’s page on Hidalgo Falls