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2011 Winter Run – Day 6

 

Short day, short shorts

So what is daily life like on a rafting trip? Kitchen crew starts at 7:00, coffee at 7:30, breakfast at 8:00, then cleaning up, breaking down of camp, dragging the rafts out into the river, loading tables, chairs, propane, stove, fire pit, food, water, wine and numerous bulky heavy personal bags onto the rafts. With everything securely attached, we shove off. Today we achieved this in record time and were off the beach slightly before 10:00! Two hours later, we arrived at our camp and reversed the whole process. We had an easy run today of about eight miles from Eminence to Nankoweap. Boats were freely swapped again today to give an opportunity for everyone to try out the replica boats. I was back at the helm of my 700 pound long haul trucker. This was our last day of Mauv Limestone for a while. This section of the river is quite calm. The shore has plenty of sand banks and vegetation (versus sheer cliff) providing habitat for ducks, woodpeckers, kinglets, sparrow and coyotes. We are camped on a large delta that has been previously inhabited over the years by numerous first nations. After lunch our tribe of sixteen split into several factions for photo ops, canyon hikes or runs or just hanging out at camp. I hiked up with three other tribe members to the Anasazi granary for a photo match. After dinner at 6:00, our evening ended with siting around the fire as the new moon and Jupiter come up over the rim and Tom reads us river journals from trips taken in the 1950’s.
With all my love – Cindy

 

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