FIBArk

Pine Creek above and Stephen Wright right

One of the Salida Pin Ups and more boating. 

I'm off the rock temporarily and boating fever has overtaken me.  The river scene is something else here and the festivals have been rolling in.

First in Boating the Arkansas, lovingly referred to as FIBArk, hit Salida like a sledge hammer nearly doubling the year round population.  Wildwater Nationals/World qualifiers took place this season bringing in a big draw however we didn't host the Freestyle Kayaking Nationals this year.  Although after hosting them regularly for years the pros still came out for FIBArk comp as well as the Pine Creek race, slaloms boating, downriver race ect. ect.  Former members of String Cheese played Friday, while Lez Zeppelin and DJ Logic performed Saturday.

FIBArk is only one of the river festivals though.  Summer started with Buena Vista Paddlefest (for the kayakers), I missed the Teva Mtn. Games, the Gunnison River Festival and rock comp started yesterday and the Cañon festival is going on here shortly.

If river festivals aren't your thing there's also Ride the Rockies (for the bikers), Art Walk (for the circus performers) and the Brewer's Festival (for me).  The only rough part is I'm working and have to stick close to home for the weekends instead of getting on some of the crazier rivers around here. 

I could talk about some of the real debauchery I got myself into, but I'm actually really lame so I'll throw up some pictures and call it quits.