Broken Skull River to Virginia Falls
Virginia Falls to Deadman Valley
Deadman Valley Through First Canyon
First Canyon to Blackstone Landing
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| At Deadman Valley, we came across a group of real nice people on a Black Feather guided trip. They were nice enough to share some dinner with us in Deadman Valley. Kylir made us a paddle to hang with others from previous groups in the Deadman Valley check-in station. The rain stopped about midnight, it was spectacular watching the sun rays filter through the clouds at 1 am.
(above) Deadman Valley Check-in Station. (below) The next morning, we had another bear come through our site. He took offlightening quick out of our camp and tried to jump our overturned canoe, but landed right on it, leaving behind some nice claw scratches. |
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| Our journey down First Canyon was spectacular. The storm of the previous couple days was lifting, leaving behind magnificient scenaery. The two rapids in this canyon, George's Riffle and Lafferty's, were fairly straightforward. George's was paddle down the center of the tongue, jest left of some big waves. Lafferty's was basically in the cliff on the far right, so we just stayed to the left side of the channel and missed it entirely. |  |
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