And now there is one.

One Mystery Girl and one C-Traveler. Sunday, April 27. Cool 70, cloudy and gusty! The roughest water we’ve encountered this trip was after leaving Ticaboo Canyon until rounding the Horn. Just very choppy and guessing the wind gusts were around 30+ mph. The winds pretty much blew all night. Maybe around 10-15mph. We departed our Ticaboo anchorage right at 8am, and pretty much found the upstream end of Lake Powell around 10:15. We were down to 6’ of water near Twomile Canyon, or river mile 134. We decided to call it quits there, as the water was very dirty in color, with no depth of clarity to see any rocks or hazards. This ends my trip here with Bill. We’ve been running around 1200 rpm and 5mph. After turning around, Bill continued to run that speed, while I picked it up to 1600 rpm and about 6-6.5mph. Bill went back to Ticaboo Canyon for the day, while I made it to Bullfrog Bay at 4:30 this afternoon. Bill will stay here up to another month, checking out all the canyons we skipped on the way upstream, while I’m just staying in the main channel to get back to Wahweap in two or three days. Probably won’t be taking or uploading as many photos on the way back, unless I find some spectacular shots. The winds are still blowing this evening, with forecast for 10-15mph. I’m in somewhat of a protected cove, but the winds change direction in here, like they do when sitting at a campfire! I’ve had a few gusts that are more likely 15-20 mph, or higher! Currently I have about 47 gallons of fuel on board. With about 100 miles to Wahweap. Running 1600 rpm I get around 4.5 mpg. Since fuel here is nearly $7/gallon, I will continue to run off plane, as going fast I’d burn about 2mpg.Leggi altro