I always love reading your essays. You are so talented at articulating your thoughts. It is a bonus when you are able to capture a memory for the family!
Wow, crazy experience Seems like the water was a lot colder for you - I would guess it was around 50-55 for us, especially later in the trip. The third and fourth days were exceptionally hot, so maybe the river just felt better. Glad you made it out alive!
Hey Uncle Vance, we did tents the whole way! Packed everything in dry-bags, including our food, and our waste during the trip. No campfire, but some good food cooked on the stoves. And no UFOs! But a lot of satellites.
Oh, that’s right; in designated wilderness areas you’re not supposed to make fires, are you?
A friend of mine in Ohio found some thing on thee internet that will tell you when the Space Station will be passing over you, so he and his wife look for that now! Back in the day it was a big deal to spot a satellite. First one was Sputnik, in 1957, I think. The Rooskies put it up there. There’re so many satellites now, I don’t understand how they don’t crash into each other!
Your words paint a beautiful picture of your trip. But I think I’d rather read about the Selway than ride it!
I always love reading your essays. You are so talented at articulating your thoughts. It is a bonus when you are able to capture a memory for the family!
Amazing stretch of river. I almost died there last year. https://shervin.substack.com/p/so-this-is-how-i-die
Wow, crazy experience Seems like the water was a lot colder for you - I would guess it was around 50-55 for us, especially later in the trip. The third and fourth days were exceptionally hot, so maybe the river just felt better. Glad you made it out alive!
A pretty cool trip, Miles! Did you camp in tents at night? Sit around a campfire and tell scary Bigfoot and werewolf stories? See any bears? Any UFOs?
Hey Uncle Vance, we did tents the whole way! Packed everything in dry-bags, including our food, and our waste during the trip. No campfire, but some good food cooked on the stoves. And no UFOs! But a lot of satellites.
Oh, that’s right; in designated wilderness areas you’re not supposed to make fires, are you?
A friend of mine in Ohio found some thing on thee internet that will tell you when the Space Station will be passing over you, so he and his wife look for that now! Back in the day it was a big deal to spot a satellite. First one was Sputnik, in 1957, I think. The Rooskies put it up there. There’re so many satellites now, I don’t understand how they don’t crash into each other!