16-07-2025
The scars of the flood: Navigating loss on the Guadalupe River
WARING, Texas — Rob Albach knew every bend along his favorite stretch of the Guadalupe River, and before setting out, he warned of the hazards.
'We got sweepers,' he said of the overhanging branches that can brush a kayaker off their seat. Then there were 'strainers,' piles of logs and branches poised to ensnare a passing vessel. He spoke of rapids and boulder fields and the biting buck moth caterpillar but, in truth, he didn't know what he would find.
