Rogue River (OR) - Sep. 21-26, 2008

Rogue River (OR) - Sep. 21-26, 2008 - 38 Miles

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Trip Itinerary:
Day 	Camp 			Bank 	'04 Miles	'93 Miles 
Put-in	Almeda Bar 		Left	0.0		0.0
1	Wildcat 		Left	8.9		8.9
2	Horseshoe Bend		Right	14.5		14.3
3,4	Missouri Bar		Left	20.3		19.8 (layover day...)
5	Upper Half Moon Bar	Right	28.3		28.1
Takeout	Foster Bar		Right	38.3		38.0

I guess it shouldn't come as a surprise that gov. agencies change numbers with time. I've always used the miles from the psuedo-waterproof 1993 river guide I carry on trips. The 2004 version (also online), shows the entire trip got 0.3 miles longer, and Missouri Bar is 0.5 miles further downstream! Note that they also failed math during the update. Many of the "From Grave Creek" distances are wrong. Should be RM - 27.0

Day 1 - Almeda rigging downstream....

And upstream

Grace saunters up to bark at me yet again

11:19am launch from Almeda

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Joleen and Grace

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Orange Torpedo IK's

Joleen takes out at Grave Creek

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Lots of people at Rainie Falls today

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Being stuck momentarily in the dory chute provides picture taking time. In front of me Jim is also stuck

and Randy behind me

Spectators at the bottom get to watch the entertainment

Bambis

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Day 2 - Wildcat

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Slim Pickens

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Al drops into Lower Black Bar Falls

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Horseshoe Bend

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11:50am departure from Horseshoe Bend

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Glen

Dulog Riffle. Large boulders split the river at this riffle just above Dulog Creek.

Randy

Norm opts for the non-conventional

Jim

Al

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SI Rock. Supposedly a Sports Illustrated photo shoot location years ago

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Day 4 - Missouri Bar layover day

Norm and Randy relax

Glen reads (as did I) and Jim is on his upper level perch

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Day 5 - 10:56am launch

Verification photo

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Tack Room

The old and the new

Fruit throwing....

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Rogue River Museum

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Picture taking while eating grapes and rocking on the museum porch

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Into Mule Creek Canyon

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Stair Creek Falls

Blossom Bar

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Jim

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Randy

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Al

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Norm

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Day 6 - Upper Half Moon Bar

Heron on lower bar after 11:16am launch

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Passed by noisy females in the Clay Hill Still

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Arriving at Foster Bar at 2:31pm

Stuck left-inner valve that caused day 6 flaccidity

Al wanders in last at 3:24pm

USGS Flow at Grants Pass - 09/21/2008 12:00 1.30 1,450 15.4
09/26/2008 12:00 1.01 1,300 15.5

USGS Flow at Agness - 09/21/2008 12:00 2.57 1,710 16.5
09/26/2008 12:00 2.38 1,490 16.4 (61.5F)

In case you were wondering who did the vehicle shuttle for us:
The Galice Resort
11744 Galice Road
Merlin, OR 97532
541-476-3818 or fax: 541-471-0188
E-Mail:fun@galice.com

Credits:
U.O.N., Olympus Stylus 770SW Digital Photography by William F. Smith (7.1 MP, 2304x1728 SQ1, 3X optical 38-114mm)
Olympus Stylus 725SW Digital Photography by Jim McCool (7.1 MP, 3X optical 38-114mm)

Last Update 28-Sep-08