Southern California Creeking

[kellymoe]

I just found some old pictures of kayaking around Los Angeles and Southern California. Many of the pictures had received some water damage from improper storage but you can still get the gist of it. Most of the pictures were taken in the mid 1990's as you can tell by the boats and the short shorts

The pictures ar of:

Big Tujunga Canyon Narrows
West Fork of the San Gabriel River
Mill Creek Narrows, a tributary to Big Tujunga
Sespe Creek
Piru Creek

As I find more pictures I will post them.

I wanted to let people know that adventure lurks at your back door, you just have to think outside the box.

 

[HMR]

Awesome pics! Thanks for sharing.

FWIW- I grew up exploring around both Sespe and Piru. My wife's great-grandmother died last year at the age of 101. She moved to Piru as an infant (100 years ago!). My in-laws have some amazing historical photos of the area. Good stuff.

 

[kellymoe]

Fantastic photos!!!!

Thanks for sharing!

What the story with the helicopter in the backround of one of the photos?

LOL. That trip was on Sespe Creek. It was day 2 of a 4 day trip. My dad who worked at Air Ops decided to come check up on us and bring us some Kentucky Fried Chicken. Doesn't that happen to everyone? He was just being a concerned dad. That is me on the right and a fireman I work with on the left. That was a fantastic trip, condors, bear, deer and KFC.

 

[4Rescue]

Awsome pics Kellymoe, makes me wish I wasn't nursing a shoulder injury cause all our creeks/rivers are BOOMING right now. Awsome stuff, gotta love whitewater eh

Cheers

Dave

 

[teotwaki]

Was that Piru Creek the one out near Hungry Valley and the Los Padres National Forest?

Thanks.........

 

[kellymoe]

Was that Piru Creek the one out near Hungry Valley and the Los Padres National Forest?

Thanks.........

Yep, I have kayaked from Alamo Mtn rd. where the road crosses Piru down to Pyramid Lake. I have also kayaked from just below Pyramid Lake 15 miles down into Piru Lake. The Pyramid to Piru section is absolutely remote and beautiful.

 

[Speaker]

LOL. That trip was on Sespe Creek. It was day 2 of a 4 day trip. My dad who worked at Air Ops decided to come check up on us and bring us some Kentucky Fried Chicken. Doesn't that happen to everyone? He was just being a concerned dad. That is me on the right and a fireman I work with on the left. That was a fantastic trip, condors, bear, deer and KFC.

Did he let you use it as a shuttle vehicle? That would be rad.

 

[kellymoe]

Did he let you use it as a shuttle vehicle? That would be rad.

Not on that trip. Lets just say on another Sespe trip a pilot needed to log some hours for practice and they just happened to be going buy my house This is purely hypothetical of course

 

[jeepmedic46]

Thank you for the photos:arabia:

 

[kellymoe]

Just a bump to let any creekers out there know that local creeks are up and running. Middle Piru is in shape and should be good. Sespe is also up.

 

[teotwaki]

Just my luck! The creeks are running and the snow has piled up and I am stuck at home fighting pneumonia......

Keep posting info and pictures!!

 

[kellymoe]

It's been a while since I have done any serious boating and my head is not where it used to be as far as boating goes. If you are willing to suffer an old boater I would be more than happy to run some of these easier creeks when you get better.

Just my luck! The creeks are running and the snow has piled up and I am stuck at home fighting pneumonia......

Keep posting info and pictures!!

 

[grahamfitter]

For what its worth, I'm in working in socal for a couple of weeks and I brought my playboat with me (since creekboats don't fit so well in rental cars) so if anybody wants to paddle this weekend I'm game. Its shorty weather, too, compared to Boston.

Cheers,
Graham

 

[DesertBoater]

It's not California, but I've been paddling for the past couple of weeks in AZ. It's been amazing!! Just watching the water levels it's so good to see the majority of the American Whitewater AZ river page be GREEN!!! It's going to be a great spring. The Salt River watershed is at over 200% the normal snowpack for this time of year. WOOHOO!!

Kinda stoked,
West

 

[Fireman78]

Don't forget about Alpacka Rafts.. www.alpackaraft.com
seriously gonna be a great season! :sombrero::sombrero::sombrero: