Day on Jordan

Nan and I took off for a day on Lake Jordan today with plans to fish, read and have a picnic lunch in the canoe. Not a half-hour in, the trash bug bit me and I had to start picking up garbage out of the lake. After filling up the canoe, wer returned to shore, cleanup up the Robeson Creek parking lot and then went to Hwy 64 access and cleaned it up too. We finally got to enjoy the picnic in the rocks at LunchStop.

WOR 07

Only the day after returning from the Middle Fork, I headed out to Bryson City on Wed. July 4. I was pleasantly surprised by the number of folks still there mid-week in the midst of the terrible drought we're having. I got on the Ocoee on Thursday, Helped Robert Weddell run a group of novices down the Nanty on Friday (it was first time down Patton's run for several--they had big smiles) and then coordinated a trip on the Pigeon gorge on Saturday. Three days worth following 6 days of paddling in Idaho cured my paddling jones, but it wouldn't have been the same had I not been able to make it to WOR, always the high point of my year. WOR 07 photos here: http://picasaweb.google.com/lausley/WOR07 .

Middle Fork Salmon

We had a great time on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River in Idaho on a six-day, 97 mile kayak down the river. With commercial raft support, 19 CCC-ers plus a few others paddled from 15-24 miles per day, camping each night by the side of the river, descenbding from about 5800' to 3500'. Canyons, Inc. provided great commercial support, guides and meals. Nancy and I flew out to Boise and then took a bush plane to within 30 minutes of the put-in. a 30 minute bus ride put us at the Boundary Creek putin. Photos from the trip here: http://picasaweb.google.com/lausley/MiddleForkSalmon7_07 .