Downriver from Swabbies to Sacramento

I was a bit apprehensive about getting on the river with the waters being so high the last few weeks, but when good friend and medical school colleague Phil contacted me, we did our research and found it would safe enough to travel from the Elkhorn Boat Launch down to Sacramento.
Upon arriving, the Elkhorn Launch was closed and flooded, but neighboring crusty bar, Swabbies had its gates open.  After some perplexed and skeptical looks from the crew at Swabbies we parked our car and posed for some photos in the yard on our boards--which was 3 feet underwater.
Once on the the river we found it really was traveling faster and higher than we could've imagined.  For the next three hours we marveled at the river height, the flora and fauna (saw a pair of beavers), and had the river all to ourselves with no motorboats around at all.  It was a pretty magical experience, especially as the sunset gave us great light and glassy conditions before we pulled into Sacramento after our 10 mile trip.

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