Day 12 - Corn Creek

What an amazing day (June 11th) packed with rapids and loads of fun. All of our boats are now safely parked at the beach at Corn Creek. Every one had clean and rowdy runs down white water which had waves and holes deep enough to contain entire boats. The water was huge and the lines solid.



After Pine Creek Bridge we had about ten miles of semi-continuous rapids. Nerves were high as we entered this section, but our confidence grew with safe passage through each and every enormous standing wave. When we finally reached Corn Creek, a total of 32 miles down river, we were all smiles to learn the river had dropped a foot on the gauge. And at 6.5 feet on the ramp we have decided to continue on with the expedition.



Raymond House has this to say about the rapids today, he rode a cataraft through the legendary Kramer Rapid, "these rapids they were radical." Ranae Wise, wife of former CW HOG director Jim Wise, said only the following as they entered a steep entry wave - "holy shit!" All in all, Roger Rankin will close this blog entry with a fitting statement for all of you who know the HOGs, "we have made it 200 miles so far and we have done it with style."