Day 19 - Spring Bar
The past couple weeks of blogs have been from Jess, tonight's (June 18) is from Bob. On with the report...
The group awoke to a perfect Idaho bluebird morning as we prepared to leave the wilderness. Jess, Brad, Emily, Luke, TaNae(sp?), Mark, Joey, and Frank departed. Kelly, Judy, and Robert joined the group along with Steve and Cindy who are providing support to the expedition.
Today we floated to Spring Bar and camped in anticipation of running Ruby Rapid tomorrow. We also have the legend of Jay Bird:
Legend has it that a beautiful Jay Bird inhabits the upper Salmon River corridor. After a long winter the Jay Bird would leave its home and travel down the Salmon River. The bird would stop at the camp of weary river travelers and share its beautiful songs with them. River travelers were always delighted to have the Jay Bird along with them because it meant that their journey would be filled with wonderful music and luck. Sometimes, if you were lucky enough, the Jay Bird would follow you down the river showing you the safest lines through the rapids and singing to you in the evenings. But fortunately the Jay Bird inhabits the higher elevation of the Salmon River corridor and are seldom seen on the lower part of the river. Before departing to its home near the source of the river the Jay Bird would pull a magical feather from its tail and place it into the river. This feather would float down the river showing the travelers the way and bringing them good luck. Travelers would say that if you quietly listen to the river in the evenings you could still hear the songs of the Jay Bird - Thanks Jeff!
The group awoke to a perfect Idaho bluebird morning as we prepared to leave the wilderness. Jess, Brad, Emily, Luke, TaNae(sp?), Mark, Joey, and Frank departed. Kelly, Judy, and Robert joined the group along with Steve and Cindy who are providing support to the expedition.
Today we floated to Spring Bar and camped in anticipation of running Ruby Rapid tomorrow. We also have the legend of Jay Bird:
Legend has it that a beautiful Jay Bird inhabits the upper Salmon River corridor. After a long winter the Jay Bird would leave its home and travel down the Salmon River. The bird would stop at the camp of weary river travelers and share its beautiful songs with them. River travelers were always delighted to have the Jay Bird along with them because it meant that their journey would be filled with wonderful music and luck. Sometimes, if you were lucky enough, the Jay Bird would follow you down the river showing you the safest lines through the rapids and singing to you in the evenings. But fortunately the Jay Bird inhabits the higher elevation of the Salmon River corridor and are seldom seen on the lower part of the river. Before departing to its home near the source of the river the Jay Bird would pull a magical feather from its tail and place it into the river. This feather would float down the river showing the travelers the way and bringing them good luck. Travelers would say that if you quietly listen to the river in the evenings you could still hear the songs of the Jay Bird - Thanks Jeff!
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