On 23 May 2005 at 11:52, Greg Potts <Greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA> wrote:

> Hi Shawn,
>
> Glad to see you're all right and the gear left outside wasn't washed
> away. Those bare rounded rocks you parked on are probably part of the
> river bed, or at least they used to be.

Greg,

Yes, they are definitely part of the river bed. There was little risk in getting swept
away though, as we were in a back eddy which doesn't see the full force of the river,
which is a good thing, since the first thing I saw out the rear window was our upside
down table floating around in circles... ;-) The river was already higher than usual for
May, so I wasn't expecting it to rise that much more. The only other party there was
actually on a gravel bar - another few feet and they would be crossing the river to get
out. At least where we were it was only 40 feet or so to the exit trail, which had
become a small creek of its own...

Shawn Wright
http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright
'85 Jetta D
'88 Westy 2.1L, soon to be 1.6TD 5 speed
 (see progress at http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels)
'82 Diesel Westy