{"id":1786,"date":"2012-11-02T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2012-11-02T19:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.nrs.com-2\/?p=1786"},"modified":"2022-01-05T15:10:48","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T23:10:48","slug":"why-do-i-keep-boating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2012\/11\/02\/why-do-i-keep-boating\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Do I Keep Boating?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a hassle getting ready for a trip and a pain in the butt cleaning up after one. After 35+ years of doing this to myself, there\u2019s gotta be something else there.<\/p>\n

Why do I keep boating? And why am I thinking about this now? Maybe because I\u2019m in a post-trip cleanup phase. Maybe I\u2019m just in a contemplative mood. Maybe I\u2019m just cranky. Whatever. The question does come up for me every once in a while.<\/p>\n

I do agree with something NRS\u2019s founder, Bill Parks, wrote in earlier catalogs. \u201cAt first the excitement kept me coming back for more\u2026 Eventually I realized that what I love most about kayaking and rafting isn\u2019t really the adventure. It\u2019s the people.\u201d<\/p>\n

This recent trip sure brought that truism to mind. First of October, Lower Salmon River, eight of us. Al Harris drove shuttle, Dave McConnell and his California Girl bride Liz were on the trip. First time I boated with Al and Dave was about 25 years ago on a Main Salmon trip. We drove to the put-in in a big farm truck with high, wood-slated sides covered with tarps. There was a massive wooden picnic table in back and a keg in a cutoff oil drum. My older son Ben had all the right moves with the oars, he just wasn\u2019t big enough to muscle them yet. Matt was probably in first or second grade; I remember Al and Dave chuckling about him sitting up at the campfire, telling dinosaur and knock-knock jokes, while this rough bunch was probably spinning knocker jokes.<\/p>\n

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View From the Groover # 1. When the seat\u2019s cold, you don\u2019t linger. There was frost on the boats this morning. \u00a9Clyde Nicely<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Elton Jones and his lovely lady Codi were there. I remember celebrating Elton\u2019s 15th<\/sup>birthday in the Grand Canyon in 1988; he was there with his dad. In 2006, we did that trip again, with Elton rowing his own boat; more on that later.<\/p>\n

Liz\u2019s son Robert was along. Big, loud and brash, he\u2019s a good boatman and good help in camp, though sometimes he\u2019s got more energy than good sense. For example, after graduating from college, he decided to do a solo trip to celebrate. He spent 6 \u00bd days running the Salmon River from Stanley, Idaho, out to the Snake River and down to Clarkston, Washington, about 310 miles. It was at the peak of spring flow, and for those of you who know the Lower Salmon, the flow was over 70,000 cfs. He shot Slide Rapid and stayed upright\u2026 in a 12-foot raft. Most stop running the Lower when it gets over 20,000 cfs, because of the Slide. Even Robert admits that in addition to skill there was lots of luck involved in the success of that stunt.<\/p>\n

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The coffee pot and folding camp oven are the natural gathering spots on a cold morning. \u00a9Clyde<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Davin and Alaina, Robert\u2019s friends, drove up all the way from southern Idaho to join us. Davin did his first whitewater rowing in Dave\u2019s little 12-foot raft so Robert could IK. They were fun and good help.<\/p>\n

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View From the Groover # 2. It\u2019s warmer up on that far ridgeline where the sun\u2019s hitting. Gonna be a long time til it\u2019s on our beach. \u00a9Clyde Nicely<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Hat: Dave found his river hat by the side of the road many years ago. It was sweat-stained and shapeless then. It\u2019s only gotten better with age. \u00a9Clyde Nicely<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dave and I have heard each other\u2019s stories many times, but we still laugh at them anyway. Liz still puts up with my razzing her \u2018cause she wants a hot shower every night and has that god-awful 6″ thick, tent-filling air mattress. Elton packs the heaviest ice-filled cooler, afraid the beer will get warm, and he\u2019s always on morning can-flattening detail. Codi marinates the best bite-size steak and has a great laugh. Robert\u2019s as full of poop as a Christmas turkey, but he\u2019s good natured about the ribbing I give him.<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s fun to help introduce new people to a river. You never get the chance to run a stretch for the first time more than once. I do enjoy watching folks like Davin and Alaina\u00a0experience that first-time thrill.<\/p>\n

So yes, the people are a big part of why I still love boating. But there\u2019s more, much more out there for me. The country is so damn beautiful! Whether it\u2019s richly forested scenery like the upper Middle Fork Salmon or Selway, dry craggy country like the lower sections of the Salmon or the Owyhee, or the cathedral splendor of the Grand Canyon, it\u2019s just truly awe inspiring. I never get tired of it.<\/p>\n

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View From the Groover # 3. It\u2019s big country. And we\u2019re the only rafters on the river. \u00a9Clyde Nicely<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ah, and the camping; now that\u2019s the icing on the cake for me. I love sitting there by the river, sipping a cold or hot one, listening to the water, marveling that it just keeps flowing downstream. It\u2019s good to camp near a rapid; this last trip our final night was in a quiet stretch, and the next morning everyone complained about the snoring. I didn\u2019t hear a thing.<\/p>\n

Then throw in some wildlife sightings, a great sunset or sunrise, enough excitement to make good stories, hopefully the song of the canyon wren, and I\u2019m a happy boater. Guess I\u2019m kinda like that firehouse dog that jumps on the truck when the alarm bell rings. Somebody says, \u201cHow about a raft trip?\u201d and I\u2019m ready to buy in.<\/p>\n

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The Crew: Standing (l to r) Alaina, Codi, Elton, Davin, Dave and Liz. Kneeling, Robert. \u00a9Clyde Nicely<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Now if I could just get somebody to clean up this mess.<\/p>\n

\u2014Clyde Editor NRS e-News<\/p>\n

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Two fine boats. E-150 on the left and Sport II on the right. \u00a9Clyde Nicely<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Codi and Elton relaxing in a calm stretch of the Salmon. \u00a9Clyde Nicely<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

P.S.: I mentioned Elton rowing his own boat down the Grand. That was in 2006. The boat is an NRS Sport II. 14\u20329\u2033 long, 7\u2032 wide, 20\u2033 tubes made out of 840-denier\/43 ounce 80% Hypalon material, a beautiful boat. And I know it well; I bought it in 1983.<\/p>\n

In 2006 I bought my NRS E-150<\/a>, and Elton and Codi bought the Sport. That boat\u2019s been down the Grand three times and has more miles than I can count on many other rivers.<\/p>\n

As I\u2019ve told many a customer, if that Sport is still going strong after 30 years, an NRS Otter or E-boat will last a lifetime.<\/p>\n

Elton and Codi, I\u2019m glad the boat is in good hands!<\/p>\n

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