http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Rafting_Grand_Canyon/ Rafting Grand Canyon Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:26:16 GMT Tom Martin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Rafting_Grand_Canyon/message/5918 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Rafting_Grand_Canyon/message/5918 FYI, tom ... From: Maureen_Oltrogge@... [mailto:Maureen_Oltrogge@...] Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 11:32 AM To: undisclosed-recipients: Subject: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:06:10 GMT Tom Martin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Rafting_Grand_Canyon/message/5917 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Rafting_Grand_Canyon/message/5917 Hi Dana, have a Great trip and report back after your trip with a trip report! All the best, tom Tom Martin Co-Director River Runners for Wilderness Arizona Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:20:06 GMT climb4ever http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Rafting_Grand_Canyon/message/5916 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Rafting_Grand_Canyon/message/5916 Hello I just won the followup lottery for a feb 9, 2010 launch and have a couple spots for a self sufficient individual or couple (you have a boat, a cooler, 4 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:41:30 GMT bighorn1478 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Rafting_Grand_Canyon/message/5915 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Rafting_Grand_Canyon/message/5915 Thanks for all the input. I do carry a complete kitchen box including steel plates and cups. I was looking for a camp site where we could watch the cats, so Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:50:39 GMT Warren Musselman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Rafting_Grand_Canyon/message/5914 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Rafting_Grand_Canyon/message/5914 By the way, we also pack food this way and then cook it normally - Omelets fried, steaks grilled, etc. It just makes the best way we've found to package food Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:36:53 GMT Warren Musselman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Rafting_Grand_Canyon/message/5913 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Rafting_Grand_Canyon/message/5913 We prepare MOST of our food - on some trips all of it - at home and then vacuum seal it with a Seal-A-Meal and then freeze. When it comes time to heat/cook, we Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:25:41 GMT Victor Simenc http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Rafting_Grand_Canyon/message/5912 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Rafting_Grand_Canyon/message/5912 Hi Scott, I agree completely with Phil. If you are already washing pots, a couple extra plates is no big deal. Also, If we really do care about the Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:34:33 GMT jerryhadam http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Rafting_Grand_Canyon/message/5911 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Rafting_Grand_Canyon/message/5911 ... I have no problem at all with using paper plates and burning the heck out of them. Sorry Terry. That said I just did a very quick middle fork trip where I Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:21:07 GMT eric swartz http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Rafting_Grand_Canyon/message/5910 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Rafting_Grand_Canyon/message/5910 Hello all, We have had a couple people drop out of our trip and now have 3 spots available for our Dec 2nd launch. If anyone is interested, please email me at Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:43:13 GMT Lorie Erickson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Rafting_Grand_Canyon/message/5909 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Rafting_Grand_Canyon/message/5909 I always see lots of scorpions at Bass as well. I also love the critters of the Canyon. At South I usually see lots of Bighorns. ... [Non-text portions of Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:16:56 GMT Terry Johnson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Rafting_Grand_Canyon/message/5908 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Rafting_Grand_Canyon/message/5908 You are right... Bass is loaded with the critters. I love them. I have seen a bunch all over the canyon but they are concentrated at several camps. South, Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:14:20 GMT Terry Johnson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Rafting_Grand_Canyon/message/5907 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Rafting_Grand_Canyon/message/5907 No disrespect meant... but you folks are talking about burning trash in the canyon and then are against motors?  Your actions speak louder than your words.  Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:25:26 GMT Lorie Erickson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Rafting_Grand_Canyon/message/5906 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Rafting_Grand_Canyon/message/5906 The camp that I have had the most ringtail problems with on a consistent basis is Bass. They are always there, in the food, in the boats...I was sleeping on Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:18:40 GMT Thomas G. Rampton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Rafting_Grand_Canyon/message/5905 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Rafting_Grand_Canyon/message/5905 Ha! But more seriously, it seems that your trip being three weeks instead of a weekend is even more reason to seek to generate burnable trash. You'll have to Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:55:52 GMT Hairy_Boatman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Rafting_Grand_Canyon/message/5904 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Rafting_Grand_Canyon/message/5904 Hi Scott, My honey and I did a one boat, two person, 23-day trip launching Sept 20 this year. Was my 5th trip so I had some idea what I was getting into.