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


Group waiting for morning luggage pickup under the new much discussed pergola. Our first Garden House visit was 2008, when it was brand new. In 2007 we had used Half Moon Bar before it was closed


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 Grants Pass 05/11/2016 12:00 PDT 13.6C (56F) 3,130 CFS 2.73'
The trips are beginning to blend together: 2015 was 2080 CFS, 2014 was 3000 CFS, 2013 was 2340 CFS, 2012 was 4480 CFS, 2011 was 5220 CFS,
2010 was 2670 CFS, 2009 was 4110 CFS, 2008 was 6110 CFS, 2007 was 3450 CFS, 2006 was 4630 CFS


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:
  1. U.O.N., Olympus Stylus 770SW Digital Photography by William F. Smith (7.1 MP, 3072x2304 HQ, 3X optical 38-114mm)
  2. Olympus Stylus 725SW Digital Photography by Jim McCool (7.1 MP, 3X optical 38-114mm)

Last Update 29-Dec-16