We're only a day away from the Dead River Dunk, an annual MOAC event 11 years running that has become a true classic weekend on my outdoors calendar.

The usual plan includes camping right on the banks of the Dead River in The Forks at Webb's Campground, and three glorious days of kayaking and rafting on the Dead and the Kennebec. And mucho fun with a great group of river rats.

But given the rainy weather we've been having (oh, you haven't noticed?) I expect there will be nothing "usual" about this year's trip at all.

The beta on current river flows from local guide Carolyn at Riverdrivers in The Forks has the Dead running anywhere from 7-8,000 cfs to more than 10,000 cfs. (That's cubic feet per second for you river rookies.) She says the Kennebec has been seeing normal flows of 4,800 cfs through the gorge, but USGS data shows considerably higher than that.

In any case, we're going to have plenty of big water, that's for certain. Especially if it keeps on raining. And it will. The levels on the Dead for our Saturday kayak trip may be a bit more than most of us are up for, but there's always the raft. We'll see.

I rafted the Dead a few years back at 15,000 cfs and it was pretty crazy. Sixteen miles of muddy brown turbulence running so big and fast that we were done in two hours. Wild!

So we're going and it will be good. Rain be damned.

Besides, I've got to get my green chili burrito fix at the Marshall Saturday night or I'll go nuts. Worse than I already am.

Can't wait to get back "on the river" this weekend.

What are your outdoor plans for this long weekend?