Scenic flight
Our friend Lyn taking in the views from 7,000 ft.
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Cindi and Lyn
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Gray Cyn
Looking north up the Green R. into Gray Cyn.
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The Green River
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Green River
We followed the river north for most of the flight.
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Landing strip
That dirt road straight ahead is our landing strip.
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Sand Wash
The river put-in at Sand Wash. A dirt road leads to the river. Sand...
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Cindi with the Cessna 180
We landed near Sand Wash, but still had a 40 minute drive to the put-in.
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Loading the rafts
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The Green River
We set out on a beautiful, still morning.
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Cindi and Lorenzo
Lorenzo and Jeremy were our guides. We had about 25 miles until the first...
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Wild Horses
We saw several wild horses on the Uinta Indian Reservation, river left.
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Lyn and scenery
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Still water on the Green
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Blue Heron
Blue herons were pretty numerous for the four days.
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Desolation Canyon walls
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Upriver
Looking upriver from our first campsite at Cedar Ridge Cyn. about mile 65 1/2.
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Rafts at Camp 1
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Rubber duckie
Cindi and Lyn in an inflatable kayak.
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Lyn and Cindi
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More great scenery
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Looking back
A shot of the other raft and the duckie.
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Jeremy
Jeremy was the oarsman for the raft we were all in.
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Rapids
I don't remember which set of rapids were which, I was just trying...
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Rapids
In the low water of late summer , most of the rapids we encountered...
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Rapids
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Looking towards the rapids
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Holding on
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Camp 2
We camped at Three Cyn. the 2nd night, near mile 50.
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Camp 2
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Chicken Rock
This is Chicken Rock, a balanced rock high above the canyon at Three Cyn.
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Rapids
This may have been Chandler Falls, one of the bigger rapids we hit.
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Cindi riding a rapid
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Rapids in the storm
We encountered a cold thunderstorm with some light hail. The rain was near...
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Riding out the storm
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Leaving the storm behind
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Camp 3
We camped at Rabbit Valley Rapid in Gray Cyn. for our last night, near mile 29.
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Bam-Bam lookalikes
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Last day
Jeremy rowing, Cindi at the back of the raft.
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Beaver
We saw beaver on a couple of occaisons.
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Nefertiti Rock
Queen Nefertiti looking down on the Green, we're about 8 miles from the...
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Blue heron
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Gunnison Butte
Our first view of Gunnison Butte which lies right across the river from...
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Final shot
Jeremy, a river guide for 4 years, never broke an oar. Due to the low...
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