Fourteen Days and a Wake-Up

Time is ticking down and the trip is getting closer and closer as she does. Was at the store again today and picked up a few items for the trip. I'm kind of pumped that I finally got a dry bag for my tent so that will have a bit of extra protection from the wetness that is incurred from going through the rapids or just from the bit that drips in off of the paddle. There is also a beer or two mixed in with the water, but that doesn't matter much because of the dry bags. I figure this year all of my gear that need protection from the water will have it in the form of a dry bag or box.


As I have said before the early start to the trip is a go, so the General and I will be launching on the 25 at 9 AM from the Dora Lake Landing. This is the simple part of the trip. We have trimmed it down to the essentials, as I have mentioned before, nevertheless, the problem is going to arise when we hook up with the rest of the crew. We are going to have four canoes and nine people on the trip. This means one of the canoes has to make room for a third person thus trusting another canoe with some of your gear. However, we may have to make an adjustment and put the third person in Duckie's canoe. I'm still debating on how to do this, but not to worry, those that don't take time from their busy lives to read my words of wisdom, I will come up with a solution, I always do. However, the more I look at Duckie's canoe, I feel that it may be a better one to be the one with three people...but I''m not going to dwell. I will keep the blog posted.




Well I finally did get some pictures of the Great Diamond Willow Paddle to put up here. Ones that lets you see the paddle in all of it's glory. I took a few pics of the paddle. The goal of the River Runners is to have Grandpa make each of us our own diamond willow paddles, all he needs to do is find some of the right sized pieces to make the shafts and we are good to go. But with that I'm going to post those pics and go to bed. Lots to think about and gear to get ready for the trip.









Until next time I will remain...Crazy Joe