There is a new gate and signs posting Private Property at the Robe put in. Not sure if this will mean that we won't be able to use it anymore or not. Nothing else has changed other than the new gate.

Also, no new wood. Everything is clean.

-joe

Still listed for sale but it was like 70k and now its like 164k... haha that is a joke

http://www.johnlscott.com/propertydetail.aspx?IS=1&ListingID=300683144

More info...

We went to run Robe today, and saw the new gate, which was unlocked.  New "no trespassing" signs as well :-(  Within one minute of us dropping gear at the put in, a sheriff rolled up on us and began to try and tell us that it was private property, and we weren't allowed to access the river.  I thought my world was crashing down on me.

Then...

The new property owners happened to be there, walked up to the gate, and we all talked for quite some time.  Bottom line, they allowed us to access the river, and seemed pretty open to kayakers using their property.  They were young and really nice, and just finished a two-week whitewater course themselves.  They had also heard about a "kayak/race/festival" in the area, and were stoked to hear about that.  They are pretty stoked on kayaking.

We'll post more info about our discussion soon, but I just wanted to get word out in case people were gonna hit Robe tomorrow (myself included), to tread lightly & politely.  We might have dodged a MAJOR bullet in having the right people buy this land.  Good stewardship should go a long way in this case.  Be respectful, and on your best behavior as always.

Paddled Robe at 5.3 today.  Good flow, beautiful day.  One item of note...T1 has wood on the left side slot (left of big boulder at the bottom of T1).  Two of us missed the middle boof, and went left and got over the log, but it's in play.  Shouldn't be there long, and could probably easily be removed on a quick scout recon-mission.

You could just smell the gnomes waking up from their summer slumber...

Thanks, Eric. That is some good news.