3/30 21.7 Mile Camp to Upper Saddle (47.5)
I tend to write these posts late at night from my bed. I mention this because I have to consult my river map book pretty frequently to jog my memory as to what stretch of river/features happened on which day, and my map book is still full of sand. So now my bed is full of sand. I feel like a...tortured poet.
Today was a big day on the river. At this point, we were pretty far behind our planned itinerary (about 10 miles off), so we committed to getting on the water early (9:50--a record for our team!) and cranking out a ton of miles to try and get back on track. So we did.
This stretch of river didn't have too many significant features. Georgie Rapid was a 6 that I think we scouted and there were a few 5s. We stopped for lunch at was one of the highlights of the trip: Redwall Cavern (mile 33.3).
Photo credit: Chris Imman
- Weekends spent at Six Flags Over Georgia
- Debate on the best rollercoaster
- Popular opinion: Mindbender (what eventually was renamed the Riddler)
- Georgia Cyclone: keeping chiropractors in business since March 3rd, 1990
- The Monster Mansion Ride - y'all, I have been waiting to discuss this ride with other humans for 7 YEARS (since moving to Utah). It's --without question-- the best ride at 6 Flags Over Georgia and its theme song is a total banger. I remember getting into a multi-month and heated argument with one of my longest and closest friends, Cathi, about the lyrics to this song. There was much debate over whether it was "and humans are allowed" or "but humans are allowed." I'm fairly certain Cathi defended "but," so, Cathi, here is my apology (you were right) about 15 years too late.
- If you're curious, here's the video ride through. It's like if "It's a Small World met Splash Mountain but with monsters and jazz music.
- We yelled "STAY OUT OF THE MARSH" *a lot* for the remainder of the trip.
- When not at 6 Flags...
- Whitewater
- Getting sick sick air when riding the Dragon's Tail
- American Adventures - I just learned that it closed in 2010. Absolutely devastated
- Sparkles Skating Rink (discussed in the first blog post)
- Mountasia Fun Center
- ATL restaurant highlights
- The Varsity
- Standard order "What'll ya have?"
- Chili cheese dog, fries, frosted orange
- Waffle House (WaHo)
- every HS student's late night hangout
- If I could add one restaurant to Utah, it would be a Waffle House
- Correct hashbrown order: scattered, covered, chunked. I recognize this is a controversial statement.
We only had a super late camp arrival once in 16 days <breathes sigh of relief>
Photo credit: Andy James
Cory immediately suggested Rainbow Brite as her River Name, but Ada is too young to know who Rainbow Brite is. Ada, if you read this, you can learn about Rainbow Brite from Aunt Wikipedia and you should probably watch the Rainbow Brite movie.
Anyway, the point of this post is to THANK Ada for her tremendous leadership and talent when it comes to a very polarizing camp chore: cooking. On Day 1 of the trip, Ada expressed an interest and desire to be all-time camp chef. For those of y'all who have done multiday outdoor trips of any sort, you know that cooking is no easy feat. Especially on days where the team rolls into camp late, folks are tired and cold, and all people want to do is get their tents set up and relax. Not only did Ada cook every single dinner on this trip, she never once complained about the responsibility, and her meals were damn good.
I also want to acknowledge that Avery very much stepped up and was Sous Chef, but he's gonna get his own highlight when we get to Crystal Rapid. And other folks chipped in for various cooking duties as well, but Ada was definitely GOAT chef. Thanks, Ada! You're still my patronus.
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