30 - 5/30/09 - Green River Gorge

I just couldn't stay away from boating with the great weather we've been having, but I did avoid injuring myself further by going in someone else's boat and only paddling a little. It was a beautiful day and lots of people were on the river. Afterwards, we attended a BBQ for Friends of the Green (FOG).

The photo is John (not in his Puma) standing up while surfing Paradise Ledge.

29 - 5/25/09 - Middle Middle

Back from the John Day and unpacked, I took the holiday to run the Middle Middle for the first time in 2 months. Normally, I would have already done a dozen runs on this stretch so far this year, but the road closure made that impossible.

I rowed my cat and took pictures. Sadly, this day taught me that my tendinitis is getting worse, so I need to take a break to take care of that.

28 - 5/23/09 - John Day River (Day 7)

This was our last day on the river (I think we got on the river before 8:30). Usually, I end up in the back of the group taking pictures, but my left shoulder and right elbow were giving me some trouble. I was worried about upstream winds coming up and slowing me down, so pretty early in the day I pushed ahead of the group and I arrived at the takeout a few minutes before everyone else. We got packed up pretty quickly and were on our way home by 2PM.

27 - 5/22/09 - John Day River (Day 6)

Today our trip leader forced us to wait until 9AM to leave camp. Yes, we had to wait about 30 minutes. We got to our camp before lunchtime. The camp is just below "Hoot Owl Rock". This would be our last camp, so to minimize carrying gear, we had our kitchen by the river and 3 of us slept down there.

26 - 5/21/09 - John Day River (Day 5)

After a day off from boating, we were all ready to get going, and we got on the river at the usual 8:30. We got to start the day with some nice whitewater, and we floated down to the next camp (yep, we made it before lunchtime).

In camp, we had another rattlesnake. We also noticed an A-frame cabin on the mountain to the West of us.

25a - 5/20/09 - John Day River (Day 4)

After the previous 30-mile day, we took a layover day to relax. It was hot and sunny once again.

25 - 5/19/09 - John Day River (Day 3)

It rained most of the night, but it stopped just before I woke up. Once again, we got on the river at 8:30 (we weren't trying to do this - it just happened). There was a wind blowing, and it was a 30 mile day, but the current was good and we got into camp at around 3PM. There were a couple of rattlesnakes that came through the camp, but they didn't stay long.

The picture is from Clarno rapid, which we ran at around 8000cfs.