Watershed Fine Furniture

I had a banner day yesterday-  I got to run the South Branch Grasse (NY) at an unheard-of high level.  It blew my mind.  Huge drops with a ton of water going over them.  Combination of wild fun and gut-churning terror.

2010 RoundUp

Here’s a list of the rivers/whitewater runs I got on in 2010.  Parentheses indicate multiple runs, asterisk indicates a run i did for the first time.

Vermont: Locust Creek, Patterson Brook (7), SoRo Wave, New Haven Ledges (13), Middlebury Gorge (8), Big Branch (3), Green River*, First Branch White River (2).

New Hampshire: Upper Baker River (3), Pond Brook (3), South Branch Baker, Mascoma Downtown (5).

New York: Raquette River Stone Valley, Ausable Chasm (2)*.

Quebec: Rouge River (3), Lachine Surfing, Taureau.

I’m planning a headwater-to-mouth run of the White River after ice-out, hopefully within the next month.  I’ll start upstream of Chelsea, VT at the highest kayak-able part of the First Branch of the White, and paddle down to the confluence with the Connecticut River at White River Junction, VT.  Hoping for a high flow, warm day, and fast boat to get it done under 10 hours.  I’m looking forward to this as a way to get the lead out and get limbered up for the spring creeking season.

Coming up April 2nd is the New Haven Creek Race near Bristol, Vt.  There is a $1750 cash purse this year so there should be a good turnout of hard-hitting boaters.  Carrie says if I’m not coming home with money I may as well not come home at all.  Guess I’m in it to win it.

In bookcase land.

Two bookcases, corner cabinet, small kitchen cabinet, table repair….

hmmmm what else….

Hoping to get pictures of this windowseat/cabinet/bookcase built-in with crown molding, a finish coat of paint, and some furnishings.  See ‘room divider’ in the cabinetry portfolio for a completed project in the same house.

Here is a shot of the maple kitchen I built at the end of 2010.  There will be a full album of pics of this project soon- stay tuned to the Portfolio page for those-