We woke up to rain drops at 4 am. At first I ignored it and then it started a little more so I put my sleeping bag away and rain gear on and crawled under the tarp. Dad just threw the tarp over himself in the sleeping bag. My mp3 was a causality and got a lot of sand in and on it. It didn't rain long.
We had rapids first thing riding with Jed and Chris. I rode up front; it was cold and fun. We rode past Phantom Ranch and didn't stop. While I wanted to talk to my kids, it was probably better that we didn't stop because if something was wrong at home, there wouldn't be much I could do about it- except worry.
The US Geological Survey has a website at Phantom Ranch that monitors water levels:
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/uv?site_no=09402500
We stopped in Elves Chasm. It was beautiful and some of the people jumped from the waterfall. Dad and I didn't.
We camped at mile 120, Upper Blacktail and did laundry in the river. Dad did the spin cycle with the laundry bag. Laundry consists of soaping up the clothes, rinsing them in almost freezing water and then spinning them and hanging them to dry. After they dried we had to shake all the sand off.
Breakfast: blueberry pancakes with real maple syrup, sausage and fruit
Lunch: taco salad wrap- Dad dropped his bell peppers into the river
Dinner: salad, pesto pasta and garlic bread
We had rapids first thing riding with Jed and Chris. I rode up front; it was cold and fun. We rode past Phantom Ranch and didn't stop. While I wanted to talk to my kids, it was probably better that we didn't stop because if something was wrong at home, there wouldn't be much I could do about it- except worry.
The US Geological Survey has a website at Phantom Ranch that monitors water levels:
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/uv?site_no=09402500
We stopped in Elves Chasm. It was beautiful and some of the people jumped from the waterfall. Dad and I didn't.
We camped at mile 120, Upper Blacktail and did laundry in the river. Dad did the spin cycle with the laundry bag. Laundry consists of soaping up the clothes, rinsing them in almost freezing water and then spinning them and hanging them to dry. After they dried we had to shake all the sand off.
Breakfast: blueberry pancakes with real maple syrup, sausage and fruit
Lunch: taco salad wrap- Dad dropped his bell peppers into the river
Dinner: salad, pesto pasta and garlic bread
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