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Show Of TripThroughYampa Trip TripThrough TripThrough Through ThroughYampa Yampa Canyon CanyonEd Ed Jacks Jackson n and Conway Irick trick IrickAugust trickAugust August 3 1041 1941 Sunday Sunday-Left Sunday Left SundayLeftCraig SundayLeftCraig - LeftCralg Craig at 10 20 drove to Uly Llly Lily Parkate Park Parkate Parkate ate lunch put our boat In river and andstarted anc ancstarted andstarted started down stream at 1 o 0 clock clockWater clockWater clockWater Water low and grounded on sand sane sandbars sanebars sandbars bars several times Urnes Arrived at Dts Dis Dtsappointment Disappointment EMsappointment appointment ( upper end of can canyon canyon canyon yon ) it at 6 0 0 o odock clock Had darnedesitime darnedest darnedesi darnedesttime damedesttime time with supper It Is 15 minutesafter minutes minute minutesafter minuteafter after 9 and arc are we tired tlred-so tlred so tired-so tired - - BO tcbed to tobed tc tcbed bed we go goAugust goAugust goAugust August 4 4-Oot 4 Oot - - Oot up at 7 'T T ' 10 cooked cook cooked cooked ed breakfast broke camp and nd lefiat left lefi leftat leftat at 9 30 Arrived at Andcrson Anderson AndersonHole s sHole sHole Hole at 11 00 We have run about about8 6 or I 8 6 riffles rUrIes up to now Hit lot lotof ' < of at rocks stuck on one had to push pushat pushoff pushoff at off ! Think boat Is 0 K Rapids Rapidsjust Rapidsjust Rapidsjust just ahead think we will wl11 have to tc togo togo tcgo go around Can see an old corrail cor corraIl corrail raIl ahead of o1 us In Anderson AndersonHole sHole s sHole Hole Hot Could use more water wat water water er Right we went around thatrapids that thatrapids thatrapids rapids Had to float Cloat boat through throughanother throughanother throughanother another rapids Camped Just above abovewhat abovewhat abovewhat what we think is 1i Teepee Gulch GulchSaw GulchSaw OulchSaw Saw about 25 deer today does and andfawns andfawns andfawn fawns * and one 4-polnt 4 polnt 4-point point - buck Took Tookpictures Tookpictures Tookpictures pictures climbed along a Ii rim run in into into Into to a box canyon and saw a spotted spottedfawn spottedfawn spottedfawn fawn below us about 25 feet Tookpicture Took Tookpicture Tookpicture picture Boat hung on rocks andturned and andturned andturned turned around in awlft swift water Twolone Two Twolong Twolong long rapids Just above h here re anda and anda anda a , bad one Just above them allthree all allthree allthree three about halt half a mile mUe long and anddrop anddrop anddrop drop a lot We truck struck struck ( one rapid rapidwithout rapidwithout rapidwithout without rock rocks ran next to canyon canyonwall canyonwall canyonwall wall One wave over front of ofboat ofboat ofboat boat Fished F1shed for hour and a half halfI halfCaught halfCaught halfCaught Caught one cquaw squaw flah tlsh fish which we weused weused weused I used tor for bait 1 mall small cattish catfish andwhite and andwhitt andwhite whitt white ' fish that weighed weighed31K 31K 31Kpounds 31 31pounds , . pounds Catfish got out of theline the theI theline theline line box going to throw that linebox lint line linebox ' I box away " ay Six geese flew over thiseve this thiseve thiseve eve Hope means good water waterahead waterahead waterahead wateraheadAugust ahead aheadI aheadAugust August 5-Got 5 Got - 5 - Oot up at 8 6 30 cook cooked cooked cooked I ed breakfast and broke camp at tI 8 30 Paddled iteadlly steadily til 12 10Ate 10 30 10I 30Ate . 18 I Ate lunch and are resting eure sure surework urc work I ' ( River Is 15 getting steep lotsof lots lotsI lotsof lotsof of fast riffles rifOt's rifOts ' with some rocks Hartto Had Hadto Hadto I to get out and lead boat for about200 about200yards about aboutI aboutZOO ZOO 200 , -yards yards - ards In shallow water Wehit We WeI Wehit Wehit I hit a rock with front end E"nd " and andturned andturned andturned I turned sidewlse stde"ise stdeise sldeaise " and hit arotht'rwith arotherwith arother arotht'r arothtr arotherI arotht'rI ' I I with back and rot got a lot of wntt'r wnttr water wntt'rIn waterin waterIn ' In bon boat t Had to w empty It EYE'IJ EYEIJ Even EYE'IJlot Evengot EvenKot ' lot got ! coffee cortee pot nearly nE"arly " full ful1 Wa Wn Way Wayto WaIn In to grub gruback -ack ack .ack sack . - tn in front end Sa\\ Sa Saa Saaone Saonl Sa Saone \ one onl " deer this thl . momlne morning Verv Vf"rv Vfrv Very " II little littlestill little1still t tI [ > stili still water cater " ater Tied Ttf'rt Ttfrt . ' line ' box 00'1 001 hor ' : on behind Iw : Iwhind b ' hind this a m Cau Caught ht on rockand rock rockand rockand and tore end encr end'out endout " ' out Lost a white whltf whiteI whitefish ' I l11sh fish Broke paddle " In Insome omc orne some < = ce swiftwater \ 1ft Ifs 1ftVlater Ifswater Vlater water two rood good ones onf'S onfS ' left It Is Isnow isnow Isnow now 8 B 15 Am Ain t sure where whE'n whEn ' " v.e ve we v.eare weare . weare are but thtnk think Johnson Dr Dn II a . Ls Lsthree Isthree L three or four miles mUes b b-low b low blow - low us usDidnt usDldnt u , Didnt Dldnt Didn t know for sure v.hl"n v.hln vhln alien v.hl"ne . hen " \\e e we wepassed \ wepassed epassed passed Teepee Oalch Odlch 'I I ( ' lch but are re sIre sIrewe s lirewe tre trewe we are below It Traveled 7 7hrurs 7hours " 7hrurs hrurs hours today Firs . . . 5 fait fo fSl . and nd last 1 lasttwo 'It It 'Ittwo ' two slow low Rl\er Rl er Rher Riser \ w ' w ' ' - . . a . and anJ shal shalI shalow shalow I ow In spots spota spot . , but ail all moving mo\1ng mo 1ng \ alonealmoct along alongI along'II alongalmost I ' almost no slow low w water tf > r The canyon canyonwalls canyonwalls canyonwall 'II II walls * are getting tUng hither higher and mo more morebeautiful morebeautiful " , beautiful all the time Saw about abouta a doeen dozen does and fawns tawns toda today ) and 10 or 17 I ? feese gel'se gelse geese ' Our rrub grub U is get getttng gettint ting ttng lowe low \ we \\e e have two cans corn cornI I 1 ( ' can 'an an beans bean , > two cans combeef cornbeef cornbeefhash combeefhash halih hash few f ( t < w potatoes pancake flour flourand flourand and coffee ' We tpent spent almost an anhour anhour hour hunting for the food In what whatwe whatwe we thought was Johnson Draw butcouldnt but butcouldn butcouldn couldn t find It We are havinglota having havinglots havinglots lots of fun but not d ding ing muchfishing muchfishingAugust much muchfishing muchfishing fishing fishingAugust August C 6 Wednesday-Got Wednesday Got Wedne Wednesday day-Got day Got - - Got up at 8 30 cooked breakfast breakfll.5t breakfll5t . and left at 9 30 Arrived at John Johnson , > on Draw by byII atI I II 11 30 Found John Johns , > and Franks Pranks Franksfood Pranksfood Franksfood food Plenty of food now and boy boydid boydid boydid did we eat a bin big supper upper Ate Atelunch Atelunch Atelunch lunch at Johnson Druw Draw and left leftthere leftthere leftthere there at 13 12 30 Hit Hlt H Harding rdlng sHale sHaleat a Holeat Hole Holeat at 1 15 16 Looked at a large latge cavethere cave cavethere cavethere there that had a lot of nameswritten names nameswI1tten nameswritten wI1tten written m In It The oldest we cawwas saw sawwas sawwas was dated 1U9 1888 Later Latf"r Latfr " we looked lookedat lookedat lookedat at a dugout and an old house The Thehouse Thehouse Thehome house had a store fireplace flrE'plape flrEplape ' and astore astore a store tore cookstove " Left Harding HardingI HardlngsHole /I I S / IHole SHole Hole at 215 2 15 and paddled pnddJE'd pnddJEd ' until until4 4 " 30 and then we camped camPE'd ' We Weknow Weknow Weknow know where we are now and know knowwe knowwe arel areltaking \ we have plenty of time so o we arefakir arl " taklPg taking g It easy It rained rainE'd ' on us alittle a al1ttle alittle l1ttle little today and It Is showerlnRnow howerlng showering showeringnow howerlngnow aI I now We hit rood good water waler rtll1 rIll r oil 1 115 15 steep teep riffles riftIes without manv many manvrocks manyrocks manyrocks rocks The waves were wl"rl wlrl " " h\i h i higi higienough hifdenough \ enough that some water con pon e a In Inside inside intide side We took water from b wa\l wa l wales walesin waiesIn \ ' 11n in one riffle The water watRr L Ls is In bl big bigholes bigholes ! ; holes and short rif rif'ies rifies rU'les rUles ' + ies fron frun Hard Hardlng's Hardbog's HardIng's HardIngs lng's lngs bog's bogs ' ' ' Hole down Only rind had t K Kout gf gt gtout < out and pull off rocks once onpe t dn\Should dn Should da dati datiShould \ ) Should get ( ret to Hells Hell s Cai CalOI Cml } oi o i I 1 ! 1noon noon tomorrow August 7 Thursday-Cot Thursday Cot Thursday-Col Col Thursday - - Cot i at at'7 at7 ' ' 7 30 ate and left an ho ir it lat lap r a J i Jfloated ifloated 1floated floated until 11 00 whenf when \ we \\f f ' r 1ed Ied 1 I \ Ied ed at Hell s Canyon We tnlkp tnlke taike i \ iMrs \Mrs Mrs \ I ! IMrs Mrs Mantle a short tlni tilTH thm tlni1said ( 'l l 'lsaid ' - , ' ' -1said 1said - ' } said our watch was wa.s . 21 2 ' ! < ; lit he ir lr I ICharIte ICharlie 1Charlie CharIte Charlie Mantle wa was down tJ ti timaking tJmaking tlmaking making a 1\ 1 \ 1horSE'bnck horseback horSE'bnck horSEbnck ' trnilrave trail trait trailgave traitgave gave us some apricots tt ti tI'It tIIt it ' tt tlgrew II it IIgrew itgrew grew there They were wt > rE ' s iif ur If f h hAte f fAte Ate lunch and waited for tl U c f e ' cto s \ sto \to to to die down and then starts ttnitci3 tc\1 tc 1 \ tp I 3 00 and floated until untll 6 oo 00 tl tlmade t tlmade I Imade made camp We washed wa.slH'd wa.slHd waslHd . ' 11 J1 II I } Ihot thot hot water and soap SORp for t tl tltime tltime I Itime time It Is sprlnklli sprinkl sprinklii Ii e g OR ag I Inight imight inight night might , The water has been bE'1'1I bE11I ' ' fi fifrom f I Ifrom ifrom from Hell s Canyon down to u w " , I t Iwe twe 1we we are camped We ran a bof b bot bof ot of about 20 geese down don do\\ do \ \ n tltoday tI tItoday titoday today They sure nre fire are wild C 0 ) isaw 1 I 1aw Isaw saw aw one deer We figure ' It is I ixC Ix tx 6 miles to PIlt Pats s Hole We lo 10 to thave t thave thave have any bait so we cann cannc cannct < t f I Iany Iany lany any now We are sunburnt sunburnttie sunburnttie sunburnttie tie In different tferent ditlerent d placesAugust places plact"s placts placesAugust " August I 8 Frida-We Frida We Fridal-We Fridal Friday } - We fell o 0 t f fbed fbed fbed bed at 10 30 30 drank .oine oine some com ; " . ( ' f t tJuice tJuice iJuice Juice and paddled for about I 1 1and Iand 1and and then stopped to fish Ct C/ C CI C'I / i 'I s ' 11Mantle II it IIMantle itMantle Mantle s camp was nearby Atl A Atie Atie tie * later Charlie CharUe and a Pirk P uk H it iter Ier Her ? er and another fellow come comf ' icamp I Icamp icamp camp We talked to them thE'1TI thE1TI ' fwhile f fwhUe fwhile whUe while They cooked o 0 ir fl fish fishwe fishwe < ; h hwe we ate with them That ff fi fdl II vsure u \ usure , sure can cook We fished a J 1 Jmore 1more 1more more this afternoon and ca cn Ij ml ig1 ; ( ! 1 1cattish 1catfish 1catfish cattish catfish One of them " weighed "eIRhE'd eIRhEd ' < ) ' 'pounds pounds ' pounds We ate supper and caed en pa ca I ) Ied ed with them tht'm thtm ' It Is h ralnlnn- ralnlnn raining- raining ralnlnn1 rainingI - - 1 I 1\ 1 u \ uly u.ly uly 1ly . ly now We look like hlllb hilib hillb 11now 11now 11 11now , now with our whiskers whiskersAugust whiskersAugust whiskersAugust August 9 Saturday Saturdav-We Saturdav We Satuzdnv-We Satuzdnv - We gotat got gotat gotat at 7 00 and had breakf brenkf break fi I t tCharUe tCharlie tCharlie CharUe Charlie Later we lo loaded .ded ded . thex the \x x ix \ xat Ixatand at atand atand and said goodbye to the fe fella felland fdl fell II v.and vand a \ . and ttarted oStarte'd oStarted started ' floating We st t i t I t Ionce tOnce ionce once and fished un until ttl me we II . f . ' 1 la a j t ) r lc } lcmore inmore ' I Imore more catfish that makes 34 wr wrhave \ vchave , P Phave have caught now We then thE'n ' fad fed f fed PI I ed ad to Warm Spring It start startf starie e ' 1rain I Irain Irain rain on us so we pi p\ p ptor \ t tor o r in gn grt bder b bder bder der a tree and tried trlE'd trlEd ' to find a 1place j i jplace iplace place but we didn t do o 0 good Irained I 1 Irained 1rained i rained for about 30 min ITIln mhi p e pwhen ewhen pwhen II I I when It " was "as as over we "I I " ' wouldn woutdn t I 1 Ibeen 1been 1been been any . wetter v.ettef vettef Ife If we \\e e \ ha 1 I fall fallin fallin fallIn in the river We saw thE thEat ( lie ' fallI \\at at wet wetstart \ wntstart atstart I I start running off the cliff dlff ilooked I Ilooked Ilooked I looked like a waterfall We ' I ) Ia 1a a touch tough time finding dry drv drv0011 wrxxlstart \\0011 0011 aoo \ 0011start t tstart start a fire but we finally flnaJy ] n II i ied ied l . , , ed to ret get It burning We WI ' at a an h < 1ner J i Jner iner I ner and tried to drv dry o 0 t A At Atwe Iwe ! I we ate dinner we started don doll down downthe . n ntht nthe tht the " river rlvE"r rlvEr " and met the ' Catese CatesePats ( " ' CatpspPats f\ f \ f1f 1f ' < ; 1 ' Pat Pats s Hole By the time " we "f f ' j a ; ( aour Kour our tent tE'nt ' up the thci they , said s pp r rready rready rready ready and there theT { > was plenty plenly . to t.o f'al fal eat eatso ' entso so < ; 0 0e we \\e e \ helped dispose of It Tl TI f e " ewater ewater v.ater vater water . has " been bet"n betn fair bolas to tola la , ' , c : ; . ceral s c soral < \ oral eral eralrapids rapids and quite a \ few If\\ If IfI ' \ t I r lWater I IWaler I ! Water Waler came In over o.E'r o.Er oEr oter . ' the to top ioral i \ ieral E"ral Eral " times t1mt"s t1mts " In the rrfpris r\p r p rap , \ do c ! W 1A \ l 1 ! 1seen I ] | seen I"en Ien " some of the most mQ . < , t bea bee n It f ( ! 1country I 1 Icountn 1countn countn . "E E we " e ' exer PXE'r PXEr ' exp-rt exp rt E'Xpoct EXpoct exp'rt exprt ' ' - to ( o see ee H II 1 ; , f r < fto rto to come ' down the canyon ranon } < ; so 0 n ntime ntime ntime time "hen hen when " hen the tht " .aier aier ltf'T ltfT 'water water " ' . ! ' Is q lie nr n a abit nbit I bit higher hlghE'r hlghEr ' Still stm think Ch'lrl1 Chlrl1 C'hwrhe Chwrhe C'hwrheMantle ChirlicMantle ' ' ( " Mantle Is Ls the tht " bp best t COOl cone coo < { In (1 1 II tl ( I is ispart ispart I put part of the coun country tT ) It l Ls Is , > , ipr-v ipr v ter ' I'n In I'nquiet ' - , quiet here We are Rre camped campt"d camptd " ea-st ea st east E'a Ea eastof ' . . < - t tof lot eastlot of Steamboat Rock across acros the rl\ rl rtt rler rlI rttI rler rtter \ \ I ' ! er Craig L"ra Lra L"ral Lral " " a ' Empire Courier COillier |
