San Joaquin

At high flows the river spreads out over the low lying parts of Lost Lake Park, creating fun areas for paddle practice and teaching. This far away from the main channel, the flow is slow and the depth shallow. Each tree and picnic table forms a nice eddie, allowing boaters to work their way upstream and slalom downstream.
At typical low flows, kayaks, canoes and even small rafts float right through this culvert under a roadway. At 7,600 cfs, the upstream end is completely underwater, while the downstream end pictured here is barely exposed. High flows inevitably wash out most of the roadway, so the river channel is wide open just upstream and to the river right of this photo. Brian had fun getting stern squirts and bow stalls in the outflow from the culvert.
Looking river left at the remains of the causeway/roadway. It always washes out at high flows, creating a wide channel on river right.
There are lots of Herons and Egrets roosting in these trees in the springtime.
There are a number of nice homes along the river, but the two most impressive are about 4 miles downstream from Lost Lake.