Indeed, Saturday was the nice day of the weekend. Nice weather lasted long enough for us (not so much for astronomy fans later that evening unfortunately).
I'd say conditions are still ok for drytop, regular pants/shorts as the water is still quite warm. I wore a drysuit and got wet and cool (not cold) from sweating in it...
There were other groups on the river, including a couple rafts chartered by Algonquin Coillege outdoors program. Two of those students were skilled enough to surf Garburator all day while their colleagues rafted.
It was good to see Jim try to surf Garburator--twice! It was a bit hard to catch. But surfing it was interesting, Bruce even stayed longer than he wanted... Pushbutton had 2 waves that could be surfed, the top wave wasn't too steep! And of course Babyface was nice and smooth, not bouncy at all. The 2nd 1/2 of Norman's was boily, but that's to be expected, and the first 3 waves were worth the trip!
All in all a great day! Perhaps the last chance this year, I hope home chores were worth it if you decided to do that instead...
--C.
