Wow, its been a great week for the Frio River. As shown on the USGS Frio River gauge, the river flow jumped up nicely with the rain and leveled off at 45 cubic feet per second. The practical meaning of that is: we’re already 50% higher than last year’s flow at this time and inching back up slowly towards “normal”. Normal is good. We LOVE normal.

Even as it currently stands it looks like it will be good kayaking conditions and decent Frio River tubing for Spring Break – assuming its warm enough of course. Everything is getting really green and we have a ton of wildflowers already coming up that should be really nice come March & April!

The Frio River has been looking great with our steady light rains lately. The picture to the right was taken this afternoon. As always, the river is crystal clear and right now it is living up to its name.

As you can see here the river was actually slightly lower at the same time last year, which is a good sign. Hopefully we continue this upward trend. So far, its looking like we may have some Frio River tubing going on during Spring Break!

Speaking of Spring Break on the Frio, be sure to check out the Randy Rogers music festival as things are filling up quickly. All of our RVs and most of the cabins are booked, but The Don is still available along with a few others, so hurry up & book! We’ll be running free shuttles from SBC to the event all weekend!

We had some great weather this past weekend for hanging out along the river and got a few pictures showing the latest conditions both on and off the river. The picture to the right shows the Frio River at Seven Bluff Crossing. I’d say we’re still a little below tube-ability. But as you can see, its on its way up.

Just up from the river, we’ve been working on the cabins hard lately. The next picture was taken from the river’s edge. It would have been way better had I actually been in the river but the Frio River is especially Frio in January, so this is as good as its gonna get till at least March. Note that the cabins aren’t stained or painted yet…

The resident turkeys have been out en masse lately, and the males have been putting on a show. I walked out to find them on our driveway, but they refused to pose for the camera, so this is as good a shot as Bree was able to get. Oh well, there’s always tomorrow.

Of course, its always hard to capture the real beauty of this place in the winter in photos. Bree is a great photographer but didn’t have especially good light (or ample time) to get the exact shots she wanted, so we fell back on this old trick: insert cute baby into the shot and you have an instant winner. Rylan says hi!

We’ve had a little rain and some great weather on the river in the past week. We received about 1.1″ of rain here at the official SBC rain gauge, but varying amounts throughout the canyon. The USGS Frio River gauge shows that the flow rate even went up some. The picture of the Frio River to the right was taken last Wednesday after the rain (notice the new cabins in the background!). If this keeps up, we should have Frio River tubing going on for Spring Break!

The fishing has been very popular with the stocked trout and we’ve had alot of guests enjoying some new bird friends that are passing through. We’re seeing lots of cardinals, vermillion flycatchers, and even some more humming birds. Stay tuned for updates to tube and kayak times if it keeps raining!

We’re going to continually update this page with the latest Frio River conditions, tubing times, kayaking conditions, and more. You can also expect to see updates on the latest events in the area. Make sure to bookmark this page to keep up-to-date on the Frio River!

Right now it is too cold (at least for me) to go tubing but its pretty decent kayak conditions, especially from Mager’s to Seven Bluff (River Segment #2) on the map. We have EXCELLENT fishing conditions right now, as Texas Parks & Wildlife just stocked the Frio River with trout at Seven Bluff Crossing. Check out our catch from last weekend (and these were smalish ones):

Don's trout