Where is everyone #5

I been following this discussion and had some thoughts. Or a geek moment depending on who's reading.

You (presumably) can look up current discharge rates at upstream dams and plan your journey around the lowest rates. Don't know where you're at, but I'm located just south of Lake Lanier near the Chattahoochee River north of Atlanta. I'm not a close study, but seem to remember the Corps of Engineers do releases on a schedule most times. Of course more or less frequency and duration as lake levels dictate. That lake is also a major water supply for the region. Since right now (late summer) is about the driest time of year, discharges are likely at a minimum. Less inflow and higher consumption from the water supply.

Adjust for NWS reported rainfall upstream complicating or not, as well as typical wind patterns. So the last wildcards are rate of fall and narrows. You can view topo lines on Google Maps if you don't already know first hand where any more substantial drops in elevation are. Then use satellite view to find the narrow spots. From my hiking days a really long time ago, my guess is those two features tend to converge in the same spots.

You won't have precision on the entire route, but at least on the short sections that are most likely to cause you to fail your goal.

Then go to those locations, and either throw a float in and walk the shore in those fast stretches, or get in your canoe and drift downstream, with a handheld gps to measure speed. The much longer, slower sections won't need that precision.

 

Never been to a location before? Check in so you can get pointed to the right spot, or told to wait because there's another truck in ahead of you?

Nah, nobody has time for that. Just drive on in (through the wrong gate) and cause a cluster fneb. Guaranteed to make new friends.

 

Yes, I can look up the discharge rate. I'm in Cannon Falls, MN... The river, is the Cannon River from Cannon Falls, MN to Red Wing, MN. My route would actually be almost 5 miles on the Mississippi.

The USGS reports the water height and the discharge, updated hourly? Currently, we are at 2240 cu ft sec discharge, and 6.27 ft. Before our recent rains started, we were near 600 cu ft sec, and 4.25 ft. I'm told that the first 6 miles has a 115 ft drop in elevation, and the next 15 miles, only drops 30 ft.

I have never looked at topo lines on Goggle Maps, not sure I was aware they were there! I'll have to check that out, thanks for the heads up on that!

 

C train, dolly pivots but is permanently attached to pup

 

Appears not my friend. I just pulled out and am south bound.

 

What about a g-tech?
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@AModelCat

Tada. Just what you need

 

Except 4x4. Wouldn't make it 50 feet in a 2wd truck in winter lol.

 

Turns out we didnt get paper rolls. We got 9k of food packaging.