Date of trip: June 4th, 2011
Level: 3.59 ft
Discharge: 579 cubic feet
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/va/nwis/uv?02034000
--My Notes
Kayak: Sea Kayak Malibu II (tandem kayak, me and wife)
Although it is not an official public landing, you can put in just below Charlottesville reservoir dam. Follow Rio Mills Road of Route 29 until just before it makes a sharp rights and heads up hill. There is a path on left side of road. It is about 100 yards down to river from this point. At this river level and discharge my wife and I had to get out several times and portage a couple of times. We actually flipped out one time as river was narrow and it pushed us toward bank with large tree branch sticking out at eye level. This caused us to flip. No big deal as water is only a couple of feet deep. We completed this section in about 3 hours. Easy take out at Darden Towe Park.
Monday, September 5, 2011
James River - Scottsville to Hardware River W.M.A
Date of trip: July 40th, 2011
River Level: 2.58 ft (Scottsville)
Discharge: 955 cfs
http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=akq&gage=rmdv2&view=1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0
http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/fishing/waterbodies/display.asp?id=158§ion=maps
Good concrete boat ramps are present at both access points. The ramp at Hardware River Wildlife Management Area is reached by following the sings from Rt. 6. The upper portion of this float has long shallow pools, while the lower portion passes through a multitude of islands. The takeout at Hardware River WMA is located immediately upstream from the mouth of the Hardware River, and you should stick to the left (north) bank of the river as you near the takeout. Fishing in this section is excellent for redbreast sunfish, and good for smallmouth bass.
--My Notes
Kayak: Sea Kayak Malibu II (tandem kayak, with just me)
Very pretty section. There is nothing challenging from paddling stand point. I got kayak stuck a couple of times as did people with me, but I only remember getting out once. We never had to portage.
River Level: 2.58 ft (Scottsville)
Discharge: 955 cfs
http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=akq&gage=rmdv2&view=1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0
http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/fishing/waterbodies/display.asp?id=158§ion=maps
Good concrete boat ramps are present at both access points. The ramp at Hardware River Wildlife Management Area is reached by following the sings from Rt. 6. The upper portion of this float has long shallow pools, while the lower portion passes through a multitude of islands. The takeout at Hardware River WMA is located immediately upstream from the mouth of the Hardware River, and you should stick to the left (north) bank of the river as you near the takeout. Fishing in this section is excellent for redbreast sunfish, and good for smallmouth bass.
--My Notes
Kayak: Sea Kayak Malibu II (tandem kayak, with just me)
Very pretty section. There is nothing challenging from paddling stand point. I got kayak stuck a couple of times as did people with me, but I only remember getting out once. We never had to portage.
James River - New Canton to Columbia
Date of trip: September 4th, 2011
River Level: 2.77 ft (Scottsville)
Discharge: 1.15kcfs
http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=akq&gage=rmdv2&view=1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0
http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/fishing/waterbodies/display.asp?id=158§ion=maps
This is a predominantly flat stretch with little fast water. Best fishing provided by catfish and smallmouth. Take out on right at bridge.
--My Notes
Kayak: Sea Kayak Malibu II (tandem kayak, with just me)
I spent about 7 hours doing this section but I went slow (fishing, lots of breaks). There were a few places my kayak got stuck but I didn't have to get out to move forward. At this river level I would not have wanted to go tandem or being in a canoe. There were some long stretches where you felt more like paddling a lake than river. But overall a good stretch if you want to be make a day of it, get some fishing and relaxation in. Pull out a columbia was nice. Cell phone coverage along this section was not possible until you got end. (and then it was not great.)
River Level: 2.77 ft (Scottsville)
Discharge: 1.15kcfs
http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=akq&gage=rmdv2&view=1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0
http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/fishing/waterbodies/display.asp?id=158§ion=maps
This is a predominantly flat stretch with little fast water. Best fishing provided by catfish and smallmouth. Take out on right at bridge.
--My Notes
Kayak: Sea Kayak Malibu II (tandem kayak, with just me)
I spent about 7 hours doing this section but I went slow (fishing, lots of breaks). There were a few places my kayak got stuck but I didn't have to get out to move forward. At this river level I would not have wanted to go tandem or being in a canoe. There were some long stretches where you felt more like paddling a lake than river. But overall a good stretch if you want to be make a day of it, get some fishing and relaxation in. Pull out a columbia was nice. Cell phone coverage along this section was not possible until you got end. (and then it was not great.)
James River - Hardware to New Canton
Date of trip: September 4th, 2011
River Level: 2.77 ft (Scottsville)
Discharge: 1.15kcfs
http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=akq&gage=rmdv2&view=1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0
http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/fishing/waterbodies/display.asp?id=158§ion=maps
A braided channel with many small islands. Very scenic with much Class I and II riffles. Redbrest and smallmouth provide most fishing action. Take out downstream from Route 15 bridge, on right.
--My Notes
Kayak: Sea Kayak Malibu II (tandem kayak, with just me)
This was a fun run. It took me less than 2 hours. You would need to beyond basic paddling skills for this section. You needed to read the river flow on many of the sections and decide how to get through. However, even if you chose wrong there was probably only 1 section that if you made a mistake you could get yourself beat up a bit. This must have been one of the class II sets. You can see the river flow at top of this page to see when I ran it. The section was fun enough to do again.
River Level: 2.77 ft (Scottsville)
Discharge: 1.15kcfs
http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=akq&gage=rmdv2&view=1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0
http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/fishing/waterbodies/display.asp?id=158§ion=maps
A braided channel with many small islands. Very scenic with much Class I and II riffles. Redbrest and smallmouth provide most fishing action. Take out downstream from Route 15 bridge, on right.
--My Notes
Kayak: Sea Kayak Malibu II (tandem kayak, with just me)
This was a fun run. It took me less than 2 hours. You would need to beyond basic paddling skills for this section. You needed to read the river flow on many of the sections and decide how to get through. However, even if you chose wrong there was probably only 1 section that if you made a mistake you could get yourself beat up a bit. This must have been one of the class II sets. You can see the river flow at top of this page to see when I ran it. The section was fun enough to do again.
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Rivanna River - Kayak Milton to Crofton
Date of trip: May 28th, 2011
Level: 3.5 ft
Discharge: 700 cubic feet
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/va/nwis/uv?02034000
--- from http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/fishing/waterbodies/display.asp?id=202§ion=maps
The put-in near Randolph's Mill Road at Milton is relatively poor and consists of a mud bank. The take-out, however, is a well-designed concrete boat landing provided by the Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries. Parking is good at both locations and is not prohibited overnight. This is a very long, but easy float that can be handled by novices. There is only one Class I-II set of rapids. If done in a single day, this float does not allow for much fishing time.
--My Notes
Kayak: Sea Kayak Malibu II (tandem kayak, with just me)
I had a great time on this trip. The put-in at Milton is servicible. You have to carry your kayak and gear about 50 yards to water and it is steep down hill at rivers edge. It might be hard to go down if there was a lot of heavy rain. Once I was in the trip was fun. I saw a lot of wildlife (bald eagle, hawks, river otter, dear, herons, etc). I am not an expert kayaker and there was nothing that challenged me. I did the 10 miles in about 4 hours. The river was about is normal flow rate so that probably made the trip a bit faster than normal. The take out is easy to spot from water. It is on the left just before the only bridge you will see. Take out is very easy - boat ramp.
Level: 3.5 ft
Discharge: 700 cubic feet
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/va/nwis/uv?02034000
--- from http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/fishing/waterbodies/display.asp?id=202§ion=maps
The put-in near Randolph's Mill Road at Milton is relatively poor and consists of a mud bank. The take-out, however, is a well-designed concrete boat landing provided by the Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries. Parking is good at both locations and is not prohibited overnight. This is a very long, but easy float that can be handled by novices. There is only one Class I-II set of rapids. If done in a single day, this float does not allow for much fishing time.
--My Notes
Kayak: Sea Kayak Malibu II (tandem kayak, with just me)
I had a great time on this trip. The put-in at Milton is servicible. You have to carry your kayak and gear about 50 yards to water and it is steep down hill at rivers edge. It might be hard to go down if there was a lot of heavy rain. Once I was in the trip was fun. I saw a lot of wildlife (bald eagle, hawks, river otter, dear, herons, etc). I am not an expert kayaker and there was nothing that challenged me. I did the 10 miles in about 4 hours. The river was about is normal flow rate so that probably made the trip a bit faster than normal. The take out is easy to spot from water. It is on the left just before the only bridge you will see. Take out is very easy - boat ramp.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Microsoft CRM Accelerator: Event Management
I have a client who had some questions about the Microsoft CRM Accelerator: Event Management. You can download the code/demo from here
See Main Page For Solution Accelerator
I am going to test this out using the Microsoft CRM Virtual Image. This can be found at: CRM 4 Virtual Machine (actually I am using an older 4.0 download image, oh well it is just for testing)
1) Download the code and extract it to your virtual pc image (OK)
2) The will make you accept a EULA and then launch a HTML help page (OK)
3) Go to the installation link.
4) The first thing it mentions is to install the customizations. OK, this opens a directory that has about 6 files in it. I guess I should import and publish the xml files that has the customizations? Let me check the install video for some clarity..... Yes, take the xml file, import the customizations into CRM and then publish all of them. My import has 17 objects, 2 modifications of existing entities, 11 new entities, and 4 workflows. (OK)
5) Next we need to register the plug-in. In the same directory that I found the customizations, there is a register.xml file. Modify this to the settings of your CRM and save it. The run the file msa_eventmanagement.install.exe. This should pop up a console window where you will need to enter the password of the user who is registering the plugin. If this is successful you should see a "success" message. (I filled out my register.xml file wrong a few times - I had the wrong domain. The registration tool did not give me an obvious error, it just crashed.) I am not sure but I think the user you are using must also be a deployment manager for CRM. (OK)
6) Next we need to install the custom reports. If you have deployed reports before this is pretty standard. However the documentation and the video differ slightly. The video goes the extra steps of putting reports in categories: "Marketing". It also add the related record types of Campaign Responses (in addition to campaign). The video also chooses all options for the Display in (OK)
7) Next we can test out the sample customer portal (OK)
8) Create A New directory under program files called "Microsoft Dynamics CRM Customer Portal" (the name does not really matter) and copy the entire contents of the folder "Sample Portal" into it (OK)
9) Edit the web.config file (in the newly created directory) to your organization settings. The demo does the proper thing and registers a new CRM web user where the password never expires. I am too lazy for that so I just use my admin account. (OK)
10) Create a new web site with location of the folder you just created. Be sure to give script execute permission and after creating it set to .net 2.0
11) Next we need to set the event management configuration settings. For this to show in CRM under setting you will have to edit the entity "Event Management Configuration" display in to "settings". I just followed the instructions in the video, but the configuration is matching event codes with picklist values in Campaign and Campaign Responses (OK)
12) Next we need to modify the workflow that was imported into CRM. The video shows the details on how to do this, but for the most part you need to change the places where you sending emails to a valid CRM user. It also modified the second workflow, Event Management Process, to not work with a marketing list (creates a task instead). WE then publish the workflows. (OK)
13) Let's create our campaign. This is where we give the details of the event. I entered what was in the video.
14) You can then launch the web site and register for the event. It tracks the registered user as a lead and it tracks a campaign response against the lead.
15) The rest of the written documentation goes on to tell you how to add this control to your existing web site/pages. It is not very clear but most of the files you need can be found under the web site we created above.
See Main Page For Solution Accelerator
I am going to test this out using the Microsoft CRM Virtual Image. This can be found at: CRM 4 Virtual Machine (actually I am using an older 4.0 download image, oh well it is just for testing)
1) Download the code and extract it to your virtual pc image (OK)
2) The will make you accept a EULA and then launch a HTML help page (OK)
3) Go to the installation link.
4) The first thing it mentions is to install the customizations. OK, this opens a directory that has about 6 files in it. I guess I should import and publish the xml files that has the customizations? Let me check the install video for some clarity..... Yes, take the xml file, import the customizations into CRM and then publish all of them. My import has 17 objects, 2 modifications of existing entities, 11 new entities, and 4 workflows. (OK)
5) Next we need to register the plug-in. In the same directory that I found the customizations, there is a register.xml file. Modify this to the settings of your CRM and save it. The run the file msa_eventmanagement.install.exe. This should pop up a console window where you will need to enter the password of the user who is registering the plugin. If this is successful you should see a "success" message. (I filled out my register.xml file wrong a few times - I had the wrong domain. The registration tool did not give me an obvious error, it just crashed.) I am not sure but I think the user you are using must also be a deployment manager for CRM. (OK)
6) Next we need to install the custom reports. If you have deployed reports before this is pretty standard. However the documentation and the video differ slightly. The video goes the extra steps of putting reports in categories: "Marketing". It also add the related record types of Campaign Responses (in addition to campaign). The video also chooses all options for the Display in (OK)
7) Next we can test out the sample customer portal (OK)
8) Create A New directory under program files called "Microsoft Dynamics CRM Customer Portal" (the name does not really matter) and copy the entire contents of the folder "Sample Portal" into it (OK)
9) Edit the web.config file (in the newly created directory) to your organization settings. The demo does the proper thing and registers a new CRM web user where the password never expires. I am too lazy for that so I just use my admin account. (OK)
10) Create a new web site with location of the folder you just created. Be sure to give script execute permission and after creating it set to .net 2.0
11) Next we need to set the event management configuration settings. For this to show in CRM under setting you will have to edit the entity "Event Management Configuration" display in to "settings". I just followed the instructions in the video, but the configuration is matching event codes with picklist values in Campaign and Campaign Responses (OK)
12) Next we need to modify the workflow that was imported into CRM. The video shows the details on how to do this, but for the most part you need to change the places where you sending emails to a valid CRM user. It also modified the second workflow, Event Management Process, to not work with a marketing list (creates a task instead). WE then publish the workflows. (OK)
13) Let's create our campaign. This is where we give the details of the event. I entered what was in the video.
14) You can then launch the web site and register for the event. It tracks the registered user as a lead and it tracks a campaign response against the lead.
15) The rest of the written documentation goes on to tell you how to add this control to your existing web site/pages. It is not very clear but most of the files you need can be found under the web site we created above.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Creating Microsoft Virtual PC Image from Bootable CD
OK, when I first set out to do this I thought it would be strait forward. Why not? Create a new virtual PC image,put a Windows 2003 CD in the CD drive, start the image, and have it read the 2003 CD. Well, it didn't quite work out that way at first.
At first I thought it was the boot order of the Virtual PC. After a bitt of digging around I found how to access the BIOS of the virtual PC on startup by press "DEL" key. I verified the CD rom was high on the list and just to be sure I moved it to first in the boot order. This did not make a difference. Virtual PC was still trying to boot off the network.
It finally struck me that I don't have a bootable CD. I had simply downloaded Windows 2003 and burned the ISO image to CD. But this doesn't make it bootable. So let's try to fix that problem and see if it fixes my install issue.
I found this post on creating a bootable CD
Creating A Bootable CD/display.cfm?ttid=297
Well, I have Nero Version 9 and there is a boot image that comes with this. So I added my Windows 2003 setup files, and used the boot option tab to create a bootable cd. I did change the emulation type (under boot options) to hard drive.
When I put this CD in and started MS Virtual PC, it would boot from this CD. So the next problem is when I run setup.exe from the CD it tells me I cannot run this in DOS mode. I guess I have a bootable CD that boots a DOS image. One problem solved (why Virtual PC seemed to not boot) and onto the next.
At first I thought it was the boot order of the Virtual PC. After a bitt of digging around I found how to access the BIOS of the virtual PC on startup by press "DEL" key. I verified the CD rom was high on the list and just to be sure I moved it to first in the boot order. This did not make a difference. Virtual PC was still trying to boot off the network.
It finally struck me that I don't have a bootable CD. I had simply downloaded Windows 2003 and burned the ISO image to CD. But this doesn't make it bootable. So let's try to fix that problem and see if it fixes my install issue.
I found this post on creating a bootable CD
Creating A Bootable CD/display.cfm?ttid=297
Well, I have Nero Version 9 and there is a boot image that comes with this. So I added my Windows 2003 setup files, and used the boot option tab to create a bootable cd. I did change the emulation type (under boot options) to hard drive.
When I put this CD in and started MS Virtual PC, it would boot from this CD. So the next problem is when I run setup.exe from the CD it tells me I cannot run this in DOS mode. I guess I have a bootable CD that boots a DOS image. One problem solved (why Virtual PC seemed to not boot) and onto the next.
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