Stillwater River Trip

Justin packed up and left for a whole week...okay, it wasn't quite a full week, but it was long! Monday night through Saturday night. He and his brothers and his dad went south for a river trip. If he was writing this post there would be a lot more information, but he's not, so this is the shortened version of his week spent, quite literally, on the river. (Sad, I'm not even sure which river it was!)

They started early Tuesday morning, October 13th. They canoed all day, found a sandbar at night, set up camp, slept, got up in the morning, packed up camp, canoed some more...they did this until Saturday morning when the shuttle boat picked them up and took them back to the starting point. Justin tells me it wasn't all paddling (oh, sorry, they refer to it as "rowing"), but some hiking and relaxing around the fire as well. Only 3-4 hours in the canoe each day. They chose the best week to go; we were having good weather up here in Northern Utah, they were having beautiful weather down south. They saw scenery like this:Each night they would just find a sandbar and campout. I think this was their second night.They did some exploring...Justin called me on Friday night. I had not talked to him since Tuesday morning, really early so I was happy! They had cell-phone reception because they had hiked to the very top. You can see the river in the bottom right corner.Well, that's it in a nutshell. Matt also took some great pictures, a few that actually have people in them. Go here to see them.