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  1. #1
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    TR: I Bought Me a Boat

    .. And a truck to pull it.

    Bought a raft in June of last year. Glad I got it on the front end of the metaphorical wave of everyone buying rafts. '97 Avon Pro and I've logged over 600 river miles on it.

    Picked it up on Sunday 6/14/20.
    Launched San Juan 6/17, Sand Island to Mexican Hat, thanks to a cancellation pickup from LoneStar
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    Four people, Four Boats.
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    Maiden Voyage for the MiniMax, too
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    And Howdy
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    Sure is Purdy
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    I got so excited that I picked up a Split Mtn trip for 7/3 and took my homies out for a rip
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    Whoops, had to go back 7/25
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    Time to step up a bit. Cataract Canyon. 7/31 launch. 4 days, no motors, 4500 cfs. Only way to survive is a handle of tequila, an oz of mushrooms, and float by the moonlight.

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    Might as well float upstream of cat, too. Moab Daily 8/15
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    Then off to Alpine, WY for a few laps on Greys and the Snake. 9/12
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    Capped off the season with a Gates of Lodore, 9/27 Launch
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    Hell of a place, I tell ya.

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    Bought a motor after having done cat twice without it. Started it off with a test on Utah Lake.
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    Graduated to Westwater.

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    Dinged a rock and broke a shear pin literally in 30 seconds. Pulled it, replaced it, good to go.

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    Aight, it worked. Time to go downstream to Cat. 4/29 Launch
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    Sick Sick Sick.
    Quick rip to the stomping grounds where I learned to boat - Hudson River Gorge, NY 5/13
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    Back to UT and a little North. 9 Day Middle and Main Salmon, 5/29 Launch. 3.4' at Boundary Creek putting on, 32k at Whitebird when we took off.

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    Went back to Moab 6/11 for a Westwater and Moab Daily. No river shots, but we got rerouted for some fires already starting in Utah.
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    & Back again to Ruby Horsethief Westwater. I had brought a good friend down Lodore last fall and she was hooked. I brought her and her newlywed husband on this trip for their wedding gift. Steep hits at 3000 CFS.

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    We ran two row rigs and a paddle raft.

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    Deso 7/17 Launch. 6 days, low water (1300 cfs). Turns out there aren't any rapids on this stretch of river. Who knew.
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    Next up: 8/14 Lodore and 9/18 Rogue.
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    Quote Originally Posted by m2711c View Post
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    Well, shit.

    Test?
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    nice. pics were worth the wait.

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    All working great from here.

    And WOW! Awesome reports and pics so far. Keep em coming!!

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    Awesome stuff and some amazing photography.

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    This is so great, Tbatt. Looking forward to your next installment.

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    Outstanding.

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    I’m so jealous. With what covid is doing to the hospital I’ve only done a handful of day trips


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    FKNA
    Top tier stoke and pics

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    WTF outstanding, thank you for the stoke, pics and commentary, so good!! You are living right!


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    Great photos and adventures.
    “A handle of tequila and an oz of shrooms”
    Quote of the adventure
    . . .

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    good shit maynerd
    way to git the float on some cool waters
    been thinkin bout a motor
    whats the state chargin ya to register that now motorized vessel?
    "When the child was a child it waited patiently for the first snow and it still does"- Van "The Man" Morrison
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    FKNA! Looks like you are living right, excellent adventures.
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    Quote Originally Posted by skifishbum View Post
    good shit maynerd
    way to git the float on some cool waters
    been thinkin bout a motor
    whats the state chargin ya to register that now motorized vessel?
    Something like $50/yr.
    If you have the cash for it, get a propane motor. The LPG sailpro by Tohatsu (who makes Mercury and Nissan) is slick. Don't waste your time with a Lehr.

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    Solid work to get the stern of a Z to stay down! Great boat... My old go to river runners are becoming more play boats as I get older and heavier.

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    Lodore 8/14-17

    Buncha newbs and felt like I should've been getting paid.
    Weather was nice. A bit of lightning but minimal rain.
    Only one swim with a minor medical.
    Water temps 60-65°F
    Air Temps 50-80°F
    Made 12 mile days in 4-5 hours
    Didn't get to do many side hikes due to time
    No Toilet paper at the 3.2 mile hike into the Jones Hole vault toilets
    Butt Plug Falls was a riot
    Cove camp sucks, Shoulda gone farther downstream and found an undesignated sandbar to camp on.
    Last day 9 am launch for 14.5 miles. Takeout at 2:00 pm, On the road at 3:00 pm, in Jeremy Ranch at 6:05 pm so my homie could make an important dinner. Count it.

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    Camped above Triplet Night 1

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    Camped at Seacliff night 2

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    Looks like a blast. Awesome pics to boot, captured the scale well


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    Always is.

    So good, in fact, that I drove back Thursday after work for Spliff Mtn Daily.

    24 people and even more beaters. Again no one died, though, so that was dope.

    Brought the bikes, too.

    Downright scary greasy road from the takeout to the Rainbow Park put in on Thurs Night.

    Float Friday

    Camp Redfleet Friday night
    Party on the JBOY cliffs
    Bike Saturday morning and go cliff jumping Saturday afternoon at the Dino tracks.
    Back home Sunday morning.
    Off to the Dutch John A section tomorrow afternoon to row my homies boat while he fishes.

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    this is stoke of the highest order.
    swing your fucking sword.

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    Deso?
    Let me lock in the system at Warp 2
    Push it on into systematic overdrive
    You know what to do

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tap View Post
    Deso?
    Deso was 7/17, Gates of Lodore was 8/14


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