Saturday June 27th – Day 10
Got up early for our 8am departure from the Port of Gold Beach. We are riding with Jerry’s Jet Boats for a 104 mile tour that will take us far upstream on the Rogue River. Everybody was excited as we loaded onto the specially made jet boat to begin our journey.
Our tour took us far into an otherwise inaccessible area of wilderness where there are no roads, and only limited permits to even be boating on the river. To say the scenery was stunning could not do it justice.
We saw several Bald Eagles, many sitting on or near their nest, otter, deer, and many Osprey. A funny story about this one Osprey, we saw it flapping around in the river and stopped to take a look to see what it was doing. Upon approaching, we could see that it was doing the breaststroke with it’s wings! It kept flapping away until it finally reached shore…dragging a huge steelhead! The Osprey had apparently caught more than it could carry and had to swim for shore. It was quite a sight!
The jet boat tour continued past the scenic portion of the river and into the upper whitewater and rapids which was a blast. The pilot actually spun the boat around 360 degrees and gave everybody a great thrill. He did this over a dozen times throughout the day. The boat was amazing and able to run in as little as 6” of water so we could go just about anywhere. It was hard to wipe the smiles off of our faces as we left the dock. This is a trip we would highly recommend to anyone coming through this area. A must do.
Our jet boat tour lasted from 8am to 4pm so we were all hot and tired as we headed back through town for camp. A stop at the local Dairy Queen was most popular with our weary troops. As is our M.O. now, we had a late dinner made by Martha. She whipped up some delicious adobo & rice that was excellent.
We’re all tired and going to watch a movie in bed now. Day 10 completed.
Got up early for our 8am departure from the Port of Gold Beach. We are riding with Jerry’s Jet Boats for a 104 mile tour that will take us far upstream on the Rogue River. Everybody was excited as we loaded onto the specially made jet boat to begin our journey.
Our tour took us far into an otherwise inaccessible area of wilderness where there are no roads, and only limited permits to even be boating on the river. To say the scenery was stunning could not do it justice.
We saw several Bald Eagles, many sitting on or near their nest, otter, deer, and many Osprey. A funny story about this one Osprey, we saw it flapping around in the river and stopped to take a look to see what it was doing. Upon approaching, we could see that it was doing the breaststroke with it’s wings! It kept flapping away until it finally reached shore…dragging a huge steelhead! The Osprey had apparently caught more than it could carry and had to swim for shore. It was quite a sight!
The jet boat tour continued past the scenic portion of the river and into the upper whitewater and rapids which was a blast. The pilot actually spun the boat around 360 degrees and gave everybody a great thrill. He did this over a dozen times throughout the day. The boat was amazing and able to run in as little as 6” of water so we could go just about anywhere. It was hard to wipe the smiles off of our faces as we left the dock. This is a trip we would highly recommend to anyone coming through this area. A must do.
Our jet boat tour lasted from 8am to 4pm so we were all hot and tired as we headed back through town for camp. A stop at the local Dairy Queen was most popular with our weary troops. As is our M.O. now, we had a late dinner made by Martha. She whipped up some delicious adobo & rice that was excellent.
We’re all tired and going to watch a movie in bed now. Day 10 completed.
Love the pics!! Sure miss you guys and camping together!! Keep on posting.........love it! It's really hot here today. Almost 100*!! Just gave Dusty a bath......he was smiling! Both Brian and David have been lifeguarding!! Now Greg wants a job too!! Awesome!!
ReplyDeleteAnyway, can't wait to see more of your blogs!!
Love & Hugs,
Tonya