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We float the lower part of the canyon into the gorge which is easy water to float and fish.
Have done the canyon with fishing guide shroomed out all three days was a blast...
If you get the chance to take a white water rafting trip with a good guiding service, you should take it.wow! what a trip. thats funny you put your boots in the water like that. What is a boat trip like out there?
I just booked a boat trip for HellsRiver Rouge River boat ride . I have never done anything like that before but it sounds like a lot of fun . They say to make sure you have a hat that ties down , sunglasses with a band because they will fly off its so rough. I think the last time I did something like that was at Great Adventure New Jersey in flume ride and the Roaring Rapids ride. Congratulations on the Harvest.
Any man overboards???If you get the chance to take a white water rafting trip with a good guiding service, you should take it.
A few years ago a friend of a friend was a river guide in Glenwood springs, we rafted the Colorado, and it was awesome. We camped outside of glenwood to save fundage, and the guide took us on her day off, and we piggy backed the guide service shuttle bus. It was nice to float at our own pace, stopping to dick around etc, sitting in hot springs along the river. Heed their advice and just bring stuff that you are okay with losing and you'll be fine.
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Good on you:smoking:16 years ago today married my gal....
will fish most of the day home by dark thirty..
NOT!!!
Will spend time together like always have a nice feast, process up 150 dozen eggs for tomorrows delivery to Vail valley a nice drive with a wonderful gal.. My soul mate, one lucky fella....
The best is yet to come.....
Since our guide was off the clock, we did our share of dicking around. There was a heated tournament of 'king of the front of the raft' and 'dodge the rock' and 'jump and pray you'll clear the rocks because this canyon isn't meant for cliff diving despite what you saw at casa bonita'. Since we packed a cooler of liquid refreshment we took our time. I was on the front right of my boat, which was equally awesome and pants-wetting. In the canyon there are sulfur springs along the river so we stopped and farted around there. Below the hot springs pool there is a large pipe that discharges unused water from the facility directly into the river. Since we weren't sober, we thought it wise to explore. That pipe went straight back towards the mountain for about a hundred yards, then opened up into a space the size of a small bathroom. It was pitch black and not at all as much fun as we anticipated, although the way out was fast as the pipe was lined with algae and it was like a water slide with a really bad landing zone of rocks and rocks.Any man overboards???
Indeed, keep what's important dry.@DAT I like your cooler contents.
I grabbed a stock photo but the river runs class 3-4. There are tons of tourists, I'm not even sure they allow these guided trips on more technical sections. Even though the trips are guided the rafters still have to paddle, which can complicate things. A guide can do a perfect job but if the paddlers don't paddle down the middle or tongue of the rapid, the raft could flip, and that's when things go bad. On our trip we had to work and paddle through the rapids, it wasn't a relaxing lazy river ride.@LocalGrowGuy thank you. The lil cooler fits a six pack perfectly as well! The 102 mile jet boat trip was a bit much. I prefer the smaller jet boat . It can get up in the air higher. I never did a rafting trip before. They offer them at the Rouge River! The middle section of the Rouge was dynomite blasted out
By Glen Wooldrige to take out boulders to make the river more passable. That particularl section is very technical. Class 6. And our jet boat turned around right here. What is the technical difficulty of the picture where you were rafting?
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This is looking at the river from the west. I foolishly neglected to take a picture from where we stopped on the east side.
Too true, my son's friend would eat our cupboards bare of cereal, peanut butter, everything, because all he got for lunch all the time was Lobster.I remember working with a woman in San Jose, who used to live in Florida, that said she was so poor (while there, Florida) they had to eat lobster all the time, too funny.
Cheaper than chicken in a few more weeks, should hit, $3.99, seen it as low as $3.29 retail.
Boat price is a dollar less, usually.
Friend who is a fishing guide in the gorge told me of a trip in the canyon during high water.@LocalGrowGuy thank you. The lil cooler fits a six pack perfectly as well! The 102 mile jet boat trip was a bit much. I prefer the smaller jet boat . It can get up in the air higher. I never did a rafting trip before. They offer them at the Rouge River! The middle section of the Rouge was dynomite blasted out
By Glen Wooldrige to take out boulders to make the river more passable. That particularl section is very technical. Class 6. And our jet boat turned around right here. What is the technical difficulty of the picture where you were rafting?
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This is looking at the river from the west. I foolishly neglected to take a picture from where we stopped on the east side.