Caney Fork

I think it's safe to say that this week was the first week that the Caney Fork ran after a long, droughty summer and fall. Then came two back-to-back storms that dropped a total of roughly 5 inches of rain at the nearby Crab Orchard rain gauge, enough rain to bring Island Cr up to 3 feet (but that's a different story). I was a bit nervous that some of the caves into which the Caney Fork sinks during dry periods had not fully filled up - and that we'd lose some of the flow somewhere between the put-in and the take-out. If we lost any flow today, it wasn't noticable.

The level was 1.55 on the Clifty Bridge AND the US 70 bridge, which, IMO, is on the low side of good. Daddy's was running about 1000 cfs and dropping somewhat slowly and the Calfkiller was just below 5.5 and dropping rather quickly. We forgot to check the gauge at the put-in when we picked up the car ... I guess the beer from the nearby Watering Hole Bar/ 'take out beer store' started taking effect.

Until next time! AZ