Upper Green River Float Trip

Nine months in the making!  It's now in the rear view mirror!  And no, I'm not talking about a baby although we are expecting two more in our family.

I'm talking about the Young Men's canoe trip down the Upper Green River.  Last fall, the young men identified it as one of the activities that they would like to do.  In November, I got it on the calendar and the week of July 11 was set at the time.  The week of July 11 has come and gone and so has our canoe trip.  I believe that everyone had some good experiences and hopefully they've learned some things that will last them a life time.  I won't say that everyone had a good time all the time, because there were definitely some ups and downs.

However, here are the highlights.

The Cottonwood Creek River Crowd

We met and loaded up at my house at 6:00 a.m. on the morning of July 11.  After saying goodbyes and a few photos, we were off.  Our first stop was at Walmart in Evanston because one of the driver's had forgotten his water shoes.  While he was getting some shoes, we noticed that he had also picked up a nail in one of his tires, so a trip to the tire store was in order.  An hour later, we finished our breakfast at McDonalds and we were on the road again.

Breakfast at McD's

We arrived at Camp New Fork in time for lunch and a movie.  The movie was our training before hitting the river.  It was a review of things we've talked about over the last few weeks concerning hydraulics, strainers, rapids, etc.  Then it was off to the water front for some hands on with the canoes.