UMTravels

What a quiet day on the river today. If I wasn’t breakfast duty I would have gone back to bed after my 6:15am crapper call.

The morning activity (for me) was a river walk looking for booty. My first success was a black and white polka dot silk tie (which I’m wearing at the moment with my phantom ranch t-shirt) wrapped around a tamarisk tree (brush). A load of garbage (propane cylinder, Miller can, etc.) plus a Frisbee that died on it’s first flight due to UV exposure. Funny thing — I’d rather do the booty/trash walk than the fern grottoes.

Lunch and a nap followed. Finally finished “Snow” — a Turkish novel I’ve been dragging around for three continents and most recently a river drowning. It’s headed to Wonderful next.

Dinner was coleslaw and jambalaya — DAMN GOOD! 5 liter night since tomorrow is Lava Falls, the last and weirdest big rapid of the run. I expect to be in Jamie’s boat doing the Dubendoff position (butt in the well, body hanging off the front side of the boat high-siding). My worries for tomorrow are WhiteWater (feeling strong after a day of rest) and MarkMark (who has been feeding the red ants all day today with his puke).

Time will tell.