Overnight Dandy (pics Attached)!

[GloryDaze]

Here are the pics- http://www.flickr.com/photos/glorydaze/set...57622498092461/

Me, Russ and Jean Ann headed to Powell Friday morning set out for an overnight trip on the Big Sugar and Elk. What a treat to float this section this late in the year with the trees turning and the water flowing!! We all three had a canoe loaded with dry wood, food, beer, fishing tackle- hell, you name it we had it!!

We did a little fishing, but honestly were not hard pressed to fish too much since we were just happy to have a Friday afternoon paddling opportunity. The upper section was flowing great and we didn't run into a single strainer after the flooding. We camped just below Cyclone and built a big ol' fire and had some beans and meat soup along with smores as a night cap. It was peaceful on the gravel bar and not too cold once the fire was stoked!! Russ called it an early night and me and Jean Ann stayed up way too late sharing stories and laughing at Russ when he would come out of the tent to go to the bathroom.

The next morning we fired up the stove and had some bacon, eggs and ham. The rest of the crew met up with us on the gravel bar- Me, Russ, Jean Ann, Local Larry, River Rat Scottie, Crazy Ken and Yard Sale Barry enjoyed the rest of breakfast complete with some home made biscuits and Gravy brought by River Rat Scottie and darn they were good!!

There were 7 of us in 7 different canoes floating to the Hog Heaven- - quite a cool sight from the back of the pack. When we got to Craig O' Lee the great debate was who would run it and who would chicken out- In order, Crazy Ken- ran it with ease, Russ- ran it with ease, Local Larry- ran it with ease, Barry- ran it with ease, but oops... he took on so much water he came up out of the rapid and turned righ over- MAJOR YARD SALE- clothes floating downstream and everything. Me, Jean Ann and Scottie pussed out and portaged. After gathering all of Barry's things we built a fire at the next gravel bar and settled in for some chili, dogs, brauts and sandwiches. Honestly, Barry was a trooper- everyone in the group was ribbing him and we laughed for at least an hour as we replayed him tipping over and over again!!

Uneventful from there to the Heaven and we all had a blast!! The thing I enjoyed the most is the fact that we did not see one other person on the river besides us and our group for 2 full days!!

[ollie]

Awesome man! Sounds like good times for sure.

[brownieman]

Sounds like a great time and seeing nobody...all the better.

Isn't it amazing how much better anything cooked on a gravel bar tastes...I swear I could eat a dog turd on a gravel bar...on second thought, believe it would have to be burnt just right, lol.

Good memories, good times...that's what it's all about.

later on

bm

[wacky worm]

thanks ken it was a fun trip

pics turned out good

lets plan another trip soon

keep floating

russ

[ColdWaterFshr]

Glorydze - love your photos. You guys are trippers for sure. Keep going and keep the pictures rolling. Floated the Big Sugar and Little Sugar and Elk only once when I lived on that side of the sate, and loved it. Brings back memories, we did the same thing b'fore kids -- every weekend was a different river.