Despite the lack of posts to the blog lately, River Day is still alive and well. This week was the first return trip to the river since the big flood a few weeks ago. Jay, Ted, and I (Mark) were the only ones able to make it down. Temps were nice this week, low 60's, but overcast. 
Although things didn't look nearly as bad as we expected, the flood aftermath was obvious; debris everywhere, lumber hanging in tree limbs, buildings torn open, toilets overturned, that sort of thing. We spent a good portion of the evening just picking stuff up in the immediate area of the camp and tossing it on the fire. A good bit of gravel was pushed up in front of the building, so we shoveled some of that out of the way and started spreading it out. There's a lot more to go, but we made a little dent in it. All but a few pieces of our woodpile were taken by the river, so we've started rebuilding that stack.There was much discussion about the status of the building. It looks to have a few pieces of broken lumber in the framework, and the skids under the floor have been rotten for some time. There may be a new construction project in the near future, but that'll be up to Ron.
Once some of the mud dries up inside the port-a-potty, we should be able to shovel some of it out and make it light enough to stand back up. Floating around in the water caused it to dig into the sand pretty good, so that'll be another chore.We did get short visits from some of the locals this week; both Leo and Freddy stopped by for a few minutes.
It was good to be back at the river.
No comments:
Post a Comment