About the middle of July, 2002, my daughters and I were camped in the one screened shelter at Neal's on the Frio River at Concan. On Saturday evening we made a fast trip to Foley's in far north San Antonio to meet the group for our first trip to Bracken to view the bat flight. It was an awesome sight. We then returned to Concan to conclude our enjoyable long weekend. The very next week is when the big flood hit the Frio Canyon, washing the shelter off of its foundation, wrecking concrete picnic tables and shutting down Neal's river campsites for the rest of the season and into the next. I assume that this is the same flood that hit the Medina River at this time. If the Medina River "Got a little deep in places", it must have rained "A little harder" a little further west. I'm glad that our reservation wasn't the following week. Fritz
-----Original Message----- From: Geary Schindel [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 11:32 AM To: John Brooks Cc: <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Paradise Canyon John, That depends upon how much. October 1998 and July 2002, the Medina River got a little deep in places. If I remember correctly, the October 98 event was during the TCR which was held at Chalk Bluff. I wasn't in Texas yet but have heard about the TCR when the river came up quite a bit. I have folks that tell me the October 98 flood event was very localized and didn't impact the western Edwards Counties. I think some of the cavers would beg to differ. Geary -----Original Message----- From: John Brooks [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 11:13 AM Cc: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Paradise Canyon It should be a great weekend. And even if it rains I don't think anyone would complain. Just don't try to SCAN anyone.....or you will get lots of complaints! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
