Saturday, August 8, 2009

End of Summer River Excursions

Summer is getting ready to come to a close (at least for Alina and the kids who have to go back to school because of new school construction) and we have been making a few late summer river excursions. Last Tuesday I took my trail crew down Westwater on the "Centennial Moustache Ride", so called because it was Erin's (Max's wife) 100th trip down Westwater and all of the trail crew shaved thier facial hair into porn/pirate/burt reynolds moustaches, rather disturbing but we may have to make it a tradition. I somehow got completly thrown out of the seat in Sock and To Me and was not able to make one oar stroke to avoid the "Magnetic Wall", but we still did not even come close to hitting it. I guess that is the secret, just jump in the back of the boat and let it ride.

Today me and the boys took the canoe out on the Daily and made it down without mishap.


Rio in the River

Take-out


3 comments:

jabberwock said...

Holy smokes! I was doing some research on Big Creek thinking about going fishing up that way in the next few weeks and ran into the website of my old companion from CDM, wilderness man Buck Murdock.

Brian I would like to pick your brain about Big Creek. As I can't find your email address anywhere on the site, fire me off an email when you have a second.

Send it to jabberwoq at gmail.com

Looks like you are having too much fun! I put in with a group for the middle fork lottery this year but we didn't draw a permit..... I am envious.

Kevin Lackey

Ruahines said...

Kia ora wild bri,
Great looking trip, sounds like a fine ride. Enjoy the rest of summer.
Cheers,
Robb

Newty said...

I think you're calling the end of summer river trips just little early, I have a deso on sept23-27 which as you know you are invited on. Whats that weird blue boat looking thingy with only one paddle blade? If you can roll it you'll be my hero forever