tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842136564899097734.post1224869474407012747..comments2023-12-15T02:04:08.213-08:00Comments on meat: Last summer...Bruce Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10995706761794063165noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842136564899097734.post-43769216689222933372009-02-23T04:40:00.000-08:002009-02-23T04:40:00.000-08:00The last couple of trips I have managed to make it...The last couple of trips I have managed to make it into a six week odyssey by driving the gear out and back. I have generally driven out with one or two of the other participants. It gives us an extra week to break from our usual patterns and get into the groove of traveling together. In 05 I trailered my motorcycle out to flagstaff and then rode from flagstaff to wyoming and back for my brother's wedding before getting on the trip. The riding out west was spectacular. Beautiful country out ther all over.MMPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03882874991542193811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842136564899097734.post-26737399075060493312009-02-22T23:59:00.000-08:002009-02-22T23:59:00.000-08:00It's hard to describe to folks who haven't done th...It's hard to describe to folks who haven't done the trip what it's like. I've been down 7 times in the last 10 years; twice in 2007. I love the feeling of pushing off the beach at lees ferry and having it sink in that there is no going back. You're committed.Bruce Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10995706761794063165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842136564899097734.post-17781878115143408572009-02-22T06:50:00.000-08:002009-02-22T06:50:00.000-08:00Great views. We were last in the big ditch in '05...Great views. We were last in the big ditch in '05. In '03 I piloted a raft for less than an hour before it spontaneously flipped. Rafts a inherently dangerously. ;) My preffered craft for the canyon is an old school squirt boat. I've done it a couple of times in my squirt boat (once in February). Some of the best days I have known. The guy who introduced me is there now. Some of my favorites are surfing the wave at Ruby, laying back with the bow pointed to sky contemplating the sheer walls and solitary clouds in the flats, Surfing below travertine falls after Diamond creek.<BR/><BR/>On my first trip we all flew out as a group. We spent a month together and saw only 2 other trips. The everyday routine of load the raft in the morning, new experiences all day, unload the raft at night, repeat as necessary... We flew back together. Standing on the sidewalk outside the airport back home, it was so odd for us to be seperating at dusk. For me the rythm really takes hold after about a week, I loose myself in it, my sense of time dramatically changes while I am there.MMPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03882874991542193811noreply@blogger.com