Rogue River trip Oct 9-15

The river trip was wonderful. We had perfect weather. We hardly saw anyone, which is really rare on the Rogue. Our group was lots of fun. We had wonderful food and ate too much. The only injury was me getting stung by a yellow jacket. This will be a  long post, LOTS of photos

The coast was foggy when we took off. Cats and Martha in the cool tree.

Rigging at the put in and Cats and Leslie

Sunset and Tom in the am

John with morning coffee and the mist rising off the river in the am

Leslie left and Scott right

Tom is left, right is Raney Falls. There were salmon jumping up this, but I wasn't fast enough to get a photo of one. The above rapid photos are of us coming down the fish ladder, we did not run the falls.

Martha in the kayak left, right is John M in the kayak and Leslie in the cat raft

new moon rising and Leslie, John M, Tom and Cats at breakfast

camp and reflection

kitchen to the left and right is Cats putting glitter on Johns face while he was screaming he was melting!

a deer drinking from the bank and fall colors on a stream

oak trees and reflection

waterfall and sunrise on the mist from the river

Two bald eagles and a great blue heron

more am river mist and Cats cooking breakfast

Breakfast and the rafts

a peak by the river and a waterfall

rafts and kayaks left and  Tom rowing me around. I paddled until we hit the class IV rapids and then got in the raft and sunbathed the rest. A hood ornament on the raft.

reflections

John Ship left and Martha Moran right

perfect fall afternoon on the Rogue and right is choosing a campsite

Camp and Leslie and Martha

We had a small keg of Ill Tempered Gnome beer to celebrate the birthdays and Leslie and Scotts 10th anniversary. Nobody said who the ill tempered Gnome was. . .

Above is the food hoist sign. There was also an electric bear fence at that site.We saw 4 bears on the river-Scott even came around the corner to one swimming ahead of him. None of them bothered us in camp. Below the bear hoist is the dew on the grass and the group picking a spot for lunch.

A pumpkin on a rock in the river. It is tradition for boaters to put pumpkins on rocks for halloween. We placed 8 ourselves. right is lunch, with a huge rock for the table.

an oak tree growing out of a rock and a rapid

above is a bear print and the fubar sisters Leslie, Martha and Cats, they met when they were on the ski patrol at Breckenridge many years ago. the last photo is most of the rest of us at the Take out. Scott, John M, Leslie, Suep, John S and Cats.

After we got off the river we went to Port Orford. John and Cats live there. We spent the night and had a beach day the next day.

A sandstone cliff on the beach and John Shipp, John Moran, Martha, Leslie and Scott catching some rays

The pier at Port Orford. They winch the boats out of the water to protect them from the ocean and the boys waiting outside while the girls buy some fresh seafood