A group of 11, mostly from Socorro, NM, ran the Rio Chama Wild and Scenic River on June 1 and 2, of 2007. On June 3, four ran the Pilar section of the Rio Grande. On June 4, three ran the Lower Taos Box on the Rio Grande. This page has selected photos from those trips, mostly taken by me - Craig Walker. A few were taken by Kerry Luttrell, a friend from Nanaimo BC. The Chama, as always, was a beautiful trip. We almost decided to spend an extra day on the river. The water level on the Rio Grande was about 800cfs which was really too low for our 16' cataraft. But, with some pushing and scraping, we made it through.
 
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	Mary at a cliff along early on the Rio Chama run.		Kathleen and Jenn
	Kerry trying out my canoe.		Pete and Cassie
	The rafts at camp.		At camp.
	The river at camp.		Cassie
	Phil		Mary and Tim
	An Evening Primrose.		Indian Paintbrush
	At a rest stop.
			Phil and Cassie in the IK
	At the second lunch spot		Kerry and Tim in Undercut Rapid
	Ron and Janet in Undercut Rapid		Ron and Janet in Undercut Rapid
	The crew at the Big Eddy takeout. Left to right: Craig, Mary, Phil, Jenn, Kerry, Cassie, Pete, Kathleen, Janet, Tim, and Ron. Photo by Kerry.		On the road from the takeout back to the highway.
	Ron in the Pilar Racecourse section of the Rio Grande		Me in the Racecourse (a flat section). Photo by Kerry.
	Preparing to launch on the Lower Taos Box behind a commercial group. At 800cfs, the big cataraft was really too big for the river.		The Rio Grande Gorge Bridge as seen from the river.
	Just how wide is that raft? We had to semi-portage Yellow Bank Rapid (meaning one hull of the cataraft was on water, the other on rock). Photo by Kerry.		Ron at the top of Powerline Rapid. Not too elegant, but it worked. Again there really wasn't a slot clearly wide enough for the rafts. Photo by Kerry.
	Ron in the lower part of Powerline. Photo by Kerry.		Me contending with the narrow slot at the top of Powerline with the 16' by 8' cataraft (20' wide with the oars out). I went into this scraping the taller rock to the right (left in photo) of the slot, but still got stuck on the flat rock on the other side. I had to get out onto the flat rock and push the boat off, jumping in as it started to move. Here I'm stowing the right oar. Photo by Kerry.
	I'm off, now time to grab the oars, and keep them out of trouble. Fortunately the boat is aimed properly and doesn't really require guidance. Photo by Kerry.		I'm pretty much through, but still reaching for one oar. The position of the right oar looks rather dangerous, but I believe I was watching it and keeping it in as I approached the rock - at least I hope so. Photo by Kerry.
	Me, Kerry, and Ron at the takeout. It was a long day with the big boat and low water, but we made it. The smaller cat was much more appropriate in that water. Now I want to do it in my canoe. Photo by Kerry.