More views from the start of the 60th Texas Water Safari

More views from the start of the 60th Texas Water Safari. Left, racers take on the rapids at Rio Vista Park. Below, left, others port their canoes. Daily Record photos by Gerald Castillo. Below, middle, Texas State University President Kelly Damphousse prepares to sound the start of the race. Below, right, Nathan and Samuel Fry were just two of many spectators at The Meadow Center on Saturday. Bottom left, rows of racers wait in anticipation for the sound of the airhorn that will set them on a journey of hours and miles as they head to Seadrift, Texas, on the Gulf Coast. Bottom, right, And sometimes it is fine to be last out of the gate– winners have been known to do this. The canoe, Current Obsession, pulls away and heads down the river following in the wake of dozens of canoes and kayaks, each hoping to be the first to come to shore in Seadrift. Daily Record photos by Barbara Audet