Pictures:

On the way....the people: Nate, Bob, Tim, Bill, Joanne, Christina, Miki and Rebecca:

• Nate,Bob,Christina,Rebecca,Joanne,Miki - loading the trailer
• Girls at dinner - on the road
• Joanne and the guys at dinner - on the road
• The men at dinner - on the road

Day 1 - Rig & Launch at Sand Wash - Camp Day 1 - MOSQUITOS!!

          (Floating lunch to stay away from shore and the mosquitos).

• Sand Wash - Picture 1, Picture 2, Picture 3 - launched (fewer mosquitos on the river)
• Nate on the oars ---- Bill on the oars
• Camped - lots of mosquitos - time for the tents & shelter - picture 1, picture 2, picture 3

Day 2 - Only riffles - but fast current makes an easy day

• Playing in the river - picture 1, picture 2
• Becky at the oars
• Camp day 2 - picture 1, picture 2
• Paddle boat day 2
• Joanne under umbrella, Miki relaxes

Day 3/4 - Way fewer bugs - the first exciting rapids - pictoglyphs, and our layover camp with a clean, hot shower

• A view of our riverside kitchen
• Miki was here
• Rafts at the pictoglyphs stop, the pictoglyphs, A view of the river
• River - picture 1, picture 2, picture 3, picture 4, picture 5
• Rapids 1, Rapids 2
• Rockslide near camp (just the dust)...
• A "sad" day - dead guppies - and a riverside service - picture 1, picture 2

Day 5 - Back on the river - camp near McPhearson Ranch - a hazy morning due to smoke - presumably from a nearby forest fire.

• Paddle boat, Paddle boat and haze, hazy view of the river & canyon
• Rapids 1, Rapids 2
• Lunch in camp, Aview from camp, Bob & his chair
• A flying bug captures a caterpiller and drags it into it's hole: pict 1, pict 2, pict 3

Day 6 - This is the most exciting rapids day - Three Fords and Coal Creek! We are in Gray Canyon - leaving Desolation Canyon behind...

• Breakfast
• Three Fords 1, Three Fords 2, Three Fords 3, Three Fords 4
• Beach Camp, Sand Castles, Dishes Duty - Miki and Becky

Day 7 - Our last day on the river - floating rapids - Nefertiti - etc.

• Becky, Tim, Bill, Chris, Nate & Bob, Morning view
• Nefertiti 1, Nefertiti 2, Gunnison Butte - the end of Gray canyon
• Floating a rapid 1, Flaoting a rapid 2
• Paddle boat on the river, One of the last rapids
• Our REI bug shelter
• A view of the sky at night

Good food -------------> Menu

A very nice trip ...........................!!