Rogue River (OR) - May 11-14, 2016 - 34 Miles
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Trip Itinerary:
Day Camp Bank Miles
-1 Morrison's Lodge Left -10.9
Put-in Grave Creek Right 0.0
1 Black Bar Lodge Left 8.7
2,3 Paradise Lodge Right 23.9
Takeout Foster Bar Right 34.4
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Group dinner shot at Morrison's Lodge2
Vehicles parked for later shuttle pickup
Grave Creek launch area
Jet Boat down from Grants Pass. As far as they can go...
Into Grave Creek Rapid
Al and Linda below Grave Creek Rapid
Above Rainie Falls
Main falls
Stitched 4 frame panorama at Rainie Falls - 3100 CFS flow
Verification photo thru the dory chute2
Thomas at the bottom of the dory chute. All boats made it thru without getting stuck
Off and running again below falls
Side hike up to Whisky Creek cabin
Al signs guest register
Checking out cabin contents
Parked below Howard Creek
Bambi relaxes in the shade
Oil-water rendering of photo above by budding artist Diane
Upper Black Bar
Lower Black Bar Falls
Departing Black Bar next morning. Our group of 6 stayed in cabins E,F, and G, but I didn't take any pictures of them
The beloved Black Bar river access
Below Black Bar
Eddy out at Horsehoe Bend
Lower part of Horsehoe Bend
Eagle closeup
Lots of short entertaining drops on the Rogue
Annual stop to make sure Battle Bar is still standing
My favorite outhouse
Missouri Bar lunch stop
Parked at Mule Creek
Into the canyon
Mule Creek Canyon tightens
The Narrows
Below Coffeepot
Stair Falls
Group shot
Blossom Bar
Jim and Sherry ready to enter
Devil's Stairs Rapid
Paradise Creek
Evening view from Garden House
Looking down to lodge on morning hike
Verification photo at Deak's Peak
Paradise has some new handcrafted dining tables. I took this picture while picking up the pack lunches for part 2 of the day's hike
Looking upstream to Devil's Stairs Rapid
Hiking along the canyon trail with Thomas
From rocks above Blossom Bar
Other hikers wandering out to share the view. They are arriving from Marial Lodge and will be at Paradise Lodge tonight with us
Blossom Bar entrance
Jill from Ashland along with Thomas and I doing lunch. Forget to get her email address to send the link to this web page
Bridge view of creek
Back at Paradise Creek
Jim wandered into my picture as I was taking a shot of the loaded tram
On the water again
Until next year ...
Stop at General's Cabin
East Creek
In the Clay Hill Still. Some wind, but tolerable
Regroup at the 'lattice rocks' below Peyton Riffle wating for Al and Jim to catch up
Arrival at Foster Bar takeout. Overcast and chilly. Not the normal baking in the sun and sweating while derigging
USGS Flow at Agness 05/11/2016 12:00 PDT 15.8C (60F) 4,960 CFS 4.58'
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:
- U.O.N., Olympus Stylus 770SW Digital Photography by William F. Smith (7.1 MP, 3072x2304 HQ, 3X optical 38-114mm)
- Olympus Stylus 725SW Digital Photography by Jim McCool (7.1 MP, 3X optical 38-114mm)