One Hell Of A Trip!

Just got home tonight after a two day drive back from the yearly river trip through Oregon, Idaho, and finally on to Jackson. This rad trip was easily one for the ages and has already taken on a mythical following amongst the lucky crew that went! We had epic weather, caught a ton of fish, and most importantly, laughed until our stomach's hurt.

I am going to post pictures throughout the week in as close to chronological order as possible, so, stay tuned in to see the trip from start to finish via the lens of my camera. Not even the daunting task of going back to work tomorrow is diminishing the big buzz I am on from our float and fishing trip to the John Day River in central Oregon. Awesome!

You know you are doing something weird when other shoppers at Wal-Mart are giving you strange looks. We carted out 4 full carts of beer among other "essentials."

Part of the 7 truck/boat convoy we were rolling dirty with, John Day, OR

Getting ready to launch for the 6 day float at the Clarno Bridge between Clarno and Fossil, OR

Really desolate and uncrowded country in this part of Oregon

Boats packed, coolers cold, and the posse ready

Dad packing his boat below the cracks of Clarno bridge

"Fish On" Jason Rolfe with the first landed boat of the trip, a catfish! The fishing was pretty legendary on the trip with folks catching 40 plus fish in a day sometimes. Most of the fish caught were small mouth bass, but we also caught a handful of catfish and also two pike.

Mark "Rock" Walter fired up to be on the river with a cocktail in hand

Coming back after scouting out Clarno rapids which were a pretty technical class III-IV run

My uncle Pete stoked after running safely through Clarno rapids