…from O.A.R.S./Grand Canyon Dories (including a pirate or two or three, bridezilla, rastaman, gorilla, M&Ms, The Lady’s Man, a pair of Hawaiians, a knight in shining armor, a chef, a rather well-dressed, well-groomed person despite the fact it was the LAST night of an 18-day Grand Canyon trip…)
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A free O.A.R.S. t-shirt to the first person who can pick me out of the line up…
Longtime O.A.R.S./Grand Canyon Dories boatmen, Bronco and Rondo, show how it’s done with a sense of style and ease. Trip leader, Bruce Keller, can be heard in the background giving a detailed account of their sweet runs through one of the larger rapids on the Colorado River. This video clip was taken on a recent October O.A.R.S. Grand Canyon dory trip down the Colorado River. Sunny skies and warm temperatures prevailed for 18 days (as did great companionship and nearly nightly displays of meteor showers). Anyone else out there with video clips they’d like to share? (You know who you are…)
My new personal favorite* pastime? Bow riding a Grand Canyon Dory. Here’s a sample of Bow Riding 101 taken from a recent O.A.R.S. Dories trip. That’s Rondo Jo’s boat, the Shoshone.
*a salute to Rondo Jo
Stand at the edge of Island in the Sky in Canyonlands National Park near Moab, Utah, and be prepared to be swept away by a landscape of red rock badlands and canyon country.
This extraordinary national park, with its enormous views and unique geologic features, could be forever altered by an 11th hour act as the Bush Administration heads out of Washington. The Administration is rushing to finalize plans to open a vast area of Utah to energy development and up to 17,000 miles of off road vehicle trails. Some members of Congress are attempting to stop this move. If you are so inclined to take action, visit: http://wilderness.org/.
This is it! Exercise your right to vote… and then go exercise… whether you choose to go
fishing / canoeing / skiing / climbing / mountaineering / swimming / etc.
There’s still time to read up on the candidates: http://www.ontheissues.org/default.htm
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