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L to R: Mitch McKinzey, Gary Tupa, Jason Gonzales, Tom Taylor, Marc McCord and Stan Pully at Pandale Crossing, October 6, 2014

Shuttle drivers Emilio and Lupe Hinojosa at Pandale Crossing, October 6, 2014

Looking back upriver to Pandale Crossing

Looking downriver from Pandale Crossing

Stan Pully (foreground) and Jason Gonzales paddle their SOAR S14 Inflatable Canoes on their first-ever Pecos River trip

Mitch McKinzey (foreground) in a SOAR S16 and Jason Gonzales in his SOAR S14 Inflatable Canoes on their first-ever Pecos River trip

Tom Taylor (SOAR S16) is almost a blur racing through the rapids on his first Lower Pecos River trip

Mitch McKinzey rides a small rapid on the Lower Pecos River

Mitch McKinzey navigates a reed jungle like many found on the Lower Pecos and Devils Rivers in southwest Texas

L to R: Mitch McKinzey and Stan Pully watch Jason Gonzales and Tom Taylor approach a rapid

Gary Tupa paddling his SOAR S16 down the Lower Pecos River

Carrizo canoe adds a touch of green to the gorgeous canyon walls on the Lower Pecos River below Pandale Crossing

The very remote and scenic Lower Pecos River below Pandale Crossing

Tom Taylor making sure our six SOAR Inflatable Canoes are securely tied off at our first night campsite

Even with a really great flow we had to start the second day with a short drag through a fluted limestone shallow shoal

Another view of the remote and scenic Lower Pecos River in southwest Texas

Jason Gonzales securing his boat after we paddled up a narrow slough to get out of the wind at the end of our second day

More rapids await us on our third day of the five day trip

Gary Tupa blazing down the river

Mitch McKinzey being really happy to be on this gorgeous river for the first time

This mountain of a boulder used to be a part of the river bank cliffs

The view downriver from the jeep trail on the Continental Ranch at Lewis Canyon

The view upriver from the jeep trail on the Continental Ranch at Lewis Canyon

The Continental Ranch at Lewis Canyon is the home of the largest collection of petroglyphs anywhere in Texas

A series of normally non-existent waterfalls at the Continental Ranch at Lewis Canyon right after a major storm blew across us in 2007

Marc McCord at normally non-existent waterfalls at the Continental Ranch at Lewis Canyon right after a major storm blew across us in 2007

The access at the Continental Ranch right after a major storm blew across us in 2007

Lewis Canyon petroglyphs interpretive sign on the Continental Ranch

Some of the hundreds or thousands of Lewis Canyon petroglyphs on the Continental Ranch

Some of the hundreds or thousands of Lewis Canyon petroglyphs on the Continental Ranch

Some of the hundreds or thousands of Lewis Canyon petroglyphs on the Continental Ranch

Some of the hundreds or thousands of Lewis Canyon petroglyphs on the Continental Ranch

Some of the hundreds or thousands of Lewis Canyon petroglyphs on the Continental Ranch

Two of the four nearly new trucks that were smashed by a major flood shortly before our 2014 trip

Evening on the limestone bank of the Lower Pecos River at Continental Ranch

Evening on the limestone bank of the Lower Pecos River at Continental Ranch

Gary Tupa (left) and Marc McCord prepare to take on Lewis Canyon Rapid followed closely by Shackleford Rapid to begin our fourth day on the river

The top of Shackleford Rapid, a solid Class III to III+ drop full of boulders and holes

Gary Tupa and Julie Luck entering Shackleford Rapid in 2007

Gary Tupa and Julie Luck finishing Shackleford Rapid in 2007

Gary Tupa running Shackleford Rapid in his SOAR S16 in 2014

The late Bill Forshay running Shackleford Rapid in 2007 (we miss you, old friend)

Jason Gonzales running Shackleford Rapid in 2014

Stan Pully running Shackleford Rapid in 2014

Tom Taylor running Shackleford Rapid in 2014

Marc McCord running Shackleford Rapid in 2014

Mitch McKinzey running Shackleford Rapid in 2014

The beautiful and placid Painted Canyon in low water in 2007

The cove where we parked our boats to scout Painted Canyon Rapid in 2014

Paddling below Painted Canyon Rapid on our fourth day in 2014

Lunch break below Painted Canyon Rapid on our fourth day in 2014

Stan Pully and Tom Taylor preparing to eat lunch below Painted Canyon Rapid on our fourth day in 2014

Heading for our campsite at the end of our fourth day on the Lower Pecos River in southwest Texas

The extremely gorgeous Lower Pecos River in 2014

The US Highway 90 high bridge signals the end of our trip just ahead

The pumphouse at the US Highway 90 high bridge in moderately high water conditions

A side canyon just above the US Highway 90 high bridge

The Seminole Canyon State Park boat ramp just above the mouth of the river at Lake Amistad near Del Rio, Texas
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