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Rogue River (OR) - May 4-6, 2006 - 38 Miles

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Trip Itinerary:
Day 	Camp 			Bank 	Miles 
Put-in	Almeda Bar 		Left	0.0
1	Black Bar Lodge		Left	12.6
2	Half Moon Bar Lodge	Left	28.1
Takeout	Foster Bar		Right	38.0	

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Morning stop at Galice Lodge for breakfast and to meet up with Al and Joleen, and get the mandatory T-shirt (see last picture...)


Rigged and ready to go at Almeda Park put-in. Ray is in a hurry...


Al's boat is fully loaded for camping the first night. Grace is ready to go also


Oil-water rendering of photo above by budding artist Diane #1


Rainie Falls. A lot more water than our usual October trips (4600 CFS vs 1100 CFS)


Main falls close-up


Middle chute area


Al comes down thru the Dory chute (as I did)


Al gets spun around, like I did also, but at least he didn't get stuck momentarily due to an oar getting caught in my shorts pocket


Ray relaxes in the shade at the lunch stop at Whiskey Creek. Almost all the camps now have bear fences


Another group was waiting for us to leave as they wanted Whiskey Creek for overnight camping


Black Bar Lodge. The cooks are enjoying the sunshine waiting for the other groups to show up


Ray and I got to bunk together in cabin "C".


Ray is working off his exotic beer selection under the Wisteria


We were joined by another group of rafters and kayakers, and a raft supported hiker group. Made for good evening conversation and story swapping


Floating along2


Pastel rendering of photo above by budding artist Diane #2


Day 2 - Meeting up with Al and Joleen breaking camp at Horseshoe Bend. Black Bar doesn't allow dogs, so they camped the first night


Logs placed on top of SI rock are a reminder of the earlier spring floods


Floating along below SI rock


Self explanatory...2


Scouting at Blossom Bar. At this level the right side is the way to go


Right side close-up. Keep to the left of the top curler. To put things into perspective, that curler is a boat eater at this level!


Across from Blossom Bar, a charred reminder of last last's fire which closed the river for weeks


Half Moon Bar Lodge (from the cabin). No planes on the airstrip this time


Al and Joleen got Pinnacle


Ray and I got Inspiration


Dining area inside lodge. Oddly it was only our group of 4. The other group of 2 didn't show


Joleen enjoys the wine next to the fireplace


Even a real bear rug


'Family' photo2


Day 3 - Kai (Half Moon resident) and Grace attempt to wear each other out


Sending the equipment back down to reload the rafts. Coolers were kept overnight in green bear box


Across from Half Moon, at eddy for Lower Paradise camp, waiting for Al to finish reloading


Jet boats bring tourists up from Gold Beach


Fall Creek Falls thru the Clay Hill Still


Looking back thru the Clay Hill Still


T-shirt composite, with words of wisdom


USGS Flow at Grants Pass 05/04/2006 12:30 3.77' 4,630 CFS


USGS Flow at Agness 05/04/2006 12:00 5.73' 7,250 CFS 13.8 DegC (57F) Water


In case you were wondering who did the vehicle shuttle for us:
The Galice Resort
11744 Galice Road
Merlin, OR 97532
541-476-3818 or fax: 541-471-0188
E-Mail:fun@galice.com


    Credits:
  1. U.O.N., Olympus C-740UltraZoom Digital Photography by William F. Smith (3.2 MP, 2048x1536, 10X optical 38-380mm)
  2. Olympus C-5000 Digital Photography by Al Mickelson (5.0 MP, 2560x1920, 3X optical 38-114mm)

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