The Tale of the Ocho Rios-The Double Header

Day four is to be Boyd and Drew’s warm up day so we go for a El Salto/Micos double header. After breakfast I begin to feel a little ill though don’t think much of it. We put on the quick moving water of the Salto and boogie down to La Luminosa. Once there Boyd, Drew, and Kim get out to take a look while Adam runs it to set up the camera followed by myself to do the same with the video camera. My line isn’t too great though as I get a little sideways and slap my face on the water knocking my nose plugs off. Everyone else has stylish lines as well and Kim even plugs it without a blown skirt. The rest of the river goes quick. When we get to the spout drop Adam leads the way but a bit further left than he had previously. We all follow suit and find ourselves off the boof flake and in the fold. I go deep and get my noseplugs ripped off giving me a nice sinus douche of good ol’ Mexican water. By the time we reach the takeout and carry up to the car I am feeling anything but good. We head to the Cascadas Micos and I am now tossing and turning in the backseat. We go ahead and drop the other three boys at the put-in so they could get a lap in and Kim and I head to the campsite where I am in Mucho need of a Banjio. I had thought I would join them on lap two but started to have my doubts. Once they paddled up to the campsite though I had changed my mind. That lap on those cascadas did a whole lot for my stomach and my head which had been pounding ever since the salto when I got my sinuses cleaned out. Once we headed to dinner though something grabbed me again and after only a few bites of my food I had to go out to the truck to lay down where I slept till everyone else finished their dinner. Back at the campsite I head straight to my tent and have a very fitful sleep, never really sleeping till just before morning. However I wake up feeling a good bit better and ready to embark on what came to be our greatest adventure in Mexico yet, finding the Rio Verde. Why do I say finding the Rio Verde? You will see.

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Joey

A look downstream off of La Luminosa (photo by Boyd)

















Adam getting ready to run La Luminosa. You can see El Nemo just upstream. (photo by Boyd)























Drew with the de-watered section of the Salto behind him. (photo by Boyd)
























Yours Truely over rotating a bit in the air just before landing on my face (photo by Adam)

















Boyd greasing his line off of La Luminosa (photo by Adam)

Drew off the lip at La Luminosa (photo by Boyd)

Drew on the first drop of the Micos with the 70 footer looming in the background (photo by Boyd)