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Thanks Robin and it would have probably helped had I not misspelled 'snivle' haha My Hennessy hammock works great here for my SW solo tripping. I almost never have to go to ground. There are lots of cottonwoods and tamarisk trees and failing that I get creative with boulders and such. The...

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I worked on my boat rigging today. Finished gluing in the NRS PVC patch 1" 'D' rings and drilled the hull for the flotation bag cages. The 550 cord cages aren't quite done yet. I'm debating on drilling small holes in the thwarts for the top of the cage and I'll probably run a cam strap down the...

Not sure what your AZ schedule is but you and yours are welcome on my San Juan canoe trip :- ) Launches 4/7 Montezuma Creek Ut takes out Clay Hills 4/18. Simple matter to add you to the permit. Wife is my shuttle so thats no problem. Good time of the year on the San Jaun for hiking.

Good stuff there Skwid, it seems someone on every trip is reading it :-)

If you enjoyed Roberts you'll probably like Craig Childs as well :-)

Traffic doesn't come into play here in the SW (except Lee's Ferry at times haha), but trips here usually involve a fair amount of windshield time. We feast or famine here, we're either river tripping for a couple weeks or nothing but paddling the mountain lakes. I envy those that have a...

Thanks Skwid, I think :- ) That was a good/bad, what was the word used in the article? 'Haunting' reading experience. The wife and I have done the Colorado River of the Grand Canyon many times. The last trip was Oct/Nov 2015 and with the low water and obvious 'bathtub ring' as you approach...

****03/09 UPDATE**** Trip is now 04/07 to 04/18 Put in at Montezuma Creek, UT take out Clay Hills, UT. Trip gets stretched because I was able to secure lower canyon reserved camping at Slickhorn Canyon and also Oljeto Wash :- ) Right now the river is running about 1200, which is the...

For some historical fiction I enjoy Gary McCarthy, think of a grittier Louis L' Amour. Just finished 'The Gila River' from the 'river series', he also has a National Parks series that I liked. Surprisingly inexpensive on Kindle.

No prob :- )

The shaggy bark ceder trees on our place have 'bloomed' and dumped their pollen in big smokey clouds and the wind blew 30 plus mph all day Sun :- )

Have you considered the Glen Canyon Rec area, touring kayakers goof off in there :- )

I'm an Amateur Radio operator and carry a submersible Yaesu VX-6, it has an extremely wide band pre-programed receiver and transmits in the 2m/70cm bands. It has an open band mod and transmits on Marine Band, FRS, GMRS, aviation bands along with the HAM bands. I carry a small gauge wire receive...

Too bad about your Salt trip I had one locked on too, but same story - ( Even the Gila drainage is dropping out fast which is why I poached a SJ. Doing the Gila for sure come monsoon season though. I'm happy I'm getting in a SJ this spring I'm busy myself getting a flip house ready for sale...

Yep, thats it in a nutshell :- ) So far it's only 7 days because thats how the left over launch permit and lower canyon reserved camp worked out. Even at lower water 7 days isn't really rushed, the SJ is a fast river. Canoes make it faster yet. Total trip miles is actually 103 miles. I'm...

This thread has been the most useful on the forum for me to date. Thanks to all :- ) To this point of my canoe 'career' I've been about a 75%/25%, moving-white water to flat water paddler. Since we moved to AZ I paddle way more flat water between river trips. That's the nature of SW canoe...

No but your in the neighborhood haha We live between Snowflake and Show Low. Did a full remodel on an old cabin in Nutrioso last year. I'm paddling Fools Hollow lake up by Show Low today :- )

Just got notice from Silas at the river office the lower canyon reserved camp will be "Slickhorn A" Thats a good camp, Slickhorn Canyon is iconic San Juan hiking. I also plan on hiking Recapture Creek (first night camp), Butler Wash, Johns Canyon, Honaker Trail to the rim and will tramp up...

Regrettably I haven't spent any time in the NE, about as close as I've come is a couple years in NC. I grew up in northern WY and southern MT. Our place here in AZ is at 6400' elevation :- )