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Archive: SFAR Water Year Forecast April 2017
tl;dr: Very Very Wet. Total rainfall might exceed 1982-1983, but current snowpack is much lower at this point in time. South Fork American River water year forecast as of April 10, 2017: Wet The April Water Report was released Monday April 10th, with the Water-Year forecast expectedly solidly in the Wet range. Specifically it’s forecasting [...]
Minor, Miners, Forty-Niners
A burly, bearded mountain man in a plaid shirt and rolled up trousers is the picture that most people think the typical early Californian gold miner was like. However, historically speaking, the average age of a forty-niner was twenty-two. Many miners actually were minors! They came from the East with their older brothers, cousins, schoolmates, [...]
Preparing For Camp Series: Readiness of Youth Leaders
Preparing for your group’s trip to camp is time consuming and can be stressful at times so it is important to try to get this done as soon as you can before camp. This is really helpful when it comes to prepping for camp for the youth leader themselves. This means taking time yourself to [...]
archive SFAR Water Year Forecast March 2017
tl;dr: Wet. Very Very Wet. South Fork American River water year forecast as of March 8, 2017: Wet The March Water Report was released Wednesday March 8th, with the Water-Year forecast expectedly solidly in the Wet range. Specifically it’s forecasting the American River below Folsom at 7.430 million acre-feet (MAF), with 3.500 or greater being considered Wet. In fact, [...]
Planning For Camp Series: Logistical Planning
When you are taking a group of students to camp, there always seems to be something left undone, some seemingly tiny detail that eludes you until it becomes blazingly unavoidable to recognize that failure to check that box, can have a significantly detrimental impact on the overall quality of your [...]
Preparing For Camp Series: What Are Your Goals?
All youth leaders at some point try different things that will provide the opportunity for the kids of their youth group to get along well and really get to know each other. While you can easily still do those things at home, many youth leaders and groups are finding that taking the group to a [...]
The Experience at Rock-N-Water
What’s Rock-N-Water?: About a year or two ago, I heard of Rock-N-Water. I had no idea what it was and what this place was all about. A few of my friends were already going to it and had been talking about Rock-N-Water for awhile. After hearing about it so much, I decided that I needed to [...]
archive SFAR Water Year Forecast February 2017
tl;dr: Wet. Very Very Wet. South Fork American River water year forecast as of February 8, 2017 The February Water Report was released Tuesday afternoon February 8th, with the Water-Year forecast expectedly solidly in the Wet range. Specifically it’s forecasting the American River below Folsom at 5.610 million acre-feet (MAF), with 3.500 or greater being considered Wet. [...]
Where Rock’n Water May Hide
Flowing from beginning to end The American river with a rich blend, Of gold, Shining big and bold By the riverside Where Rock'n Water may hide James Marshall journeyed far and wide He found gold, the first, with pride Down the road to Placerville By the Side of the massive hill Take your wagon [...]
Fix My Trust
I have been going to Rock-N-Water for the last three years and every summer it has been such an amazing experience. However, this past year, summer of 2016, was an especially been an amazing year for me spiritually. […]
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