Flying to the finish line #endangeredriver http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BpmoocLIIAAyiOh.jpg
Also of note: salt ponds near the SF Bay. Looked this up. apparently they concentrate salt for harvest. Wild. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bpn9wN9CEAA4MHs.jpg
Here's a look at the #endangeredriver from the sky. (I think that's it in the middle before it becomes a farm ...) http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bpn_mXZCUAAV9gr.jpg
"Broke a century old record in Fresno" #endangeredriver #changethelist http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bpxf-VWIYAAnfvc.jpg
"It's probably 108 on the valley floor." Thx @DarinMcQuoid . Going for active denial on that ... #endangeredriver http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bp4Rq-ACEAAUqX9.jpg
Can hear a San Joaquin tributary to the right. Sounds like the roar of a highway. Or visa versa @DarinMcQuoid says http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bp4zw4SCQAADUoQ.jpg
Camping hair. Is it bad that I'm already sunburned? #endangeredriver http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bp_CZueCMAArcFS.jpg
This is Thousand Island Lake. Official headwaters of the #endangeredriver . And not named for the salad dressing.. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bp_EVwpCUAA1nA-.jpg
Shoes in hand. This is just below what would be a class 5 rapid.
Friant Kern canal sends water 152 mi south of here to Bakersfield Cali. Mostly to farms. #endangeredriver http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BqBo2LHCEAImEBQ.jpg
The dam's chief of operations used to get nervous the dam would collapse on him. Now he's used to it #endangeredriver http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BqB6HjyCEAAAkNj.jpg
About to kayak the #endangeredriver w/@cnn 's @jdsutter and others. #sanjoaquin #river http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BqGgXiLCYAE2M0c.jpg
Here is our San Joaquin gang for the day! River advocates, a journalist and irrigation district. #endangeredriver http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BqGoQ_7CEAEowOE.jpg
It all fits it's a miracle!! #endangeredriver http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BqGqz4FCEAIY5z5.jpg
Raymond Abina always sits under the same tree and watches the river to calm his nerves. Feet on door #endangeredriver http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BqIZi5ACMAAF9wl.jpg
"The more you work in a boat like that the more it becomes part of you. You're wearing it" #endangeredriver http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BqMBgjZCcAAeP_l.jpg
Tom: "You have officially been strained." Went down wrong channel into trees. Flipped. Lost GoPro on head. Eff. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BqNFPijCYAAdJ20.jpg
"Jesus... Man I've lived out here my whole life and I've never heard of that." - Sergio Gonzales, 19, on dead river http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BqNmkfXCMAAA1u_.jpg
Oh yeah, the drought. Easy to forget when you're paddling on a river. #endangeredriver http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BqNsXuTCEAApWMe.jpg
Day 5: Woke up to find a racoon had eaten most of my food; then, on the water, I made a bad call on… instagram.com
We are in this awesome place where you can see the Coastal range ahead (going there) and theSierra behind me http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BqSb2xcCAAIk1Vn.jpg
"Yeah I don't think we can fit through that." -Monty #endangeredriver http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BqSiD6kCIAA5GMW.jpg
Carrying boats around a bypass. Salmon would have to swim through btw .. #endangeredriver http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BqSni8zCMAAdo5U.jpg
The other side. Carrying a boat that isn't in the water is THE WORST #endangeredriver http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BqSokQJCIAAq6tE.jpg