The plan for the weekend was an overnight river trip. We picked new river (for us) and gave ourselves an out - we stashed a bike at the midway point. Just in case we were not able to find a campsite we could haul out and one of us, Johno, could ride back to the jeep. We elected that option on Saturday. The river was lovely, a short stretch of rapids (always a plus in my book), water was clear, there were a few nice places for swimming, and it was HOT. The one downside was the water level. I checked the gauge before we left, and it indicated sufficient water, but not with our load. After about 7 miles of nice paddling a little over four mph, we hit rock after rock and slowed to about two or less mph. Most of the rocks we hit were slippery and plant covered, but we figured out hull could not take another 15 miles of abuse.
We arrived at the midway point and made dinner before Johno went back for the Jeep. It made for a long day but we were all glad we did it.
The swimming looks wonderful!
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