THE BEST RIVER EVER

I have been waiting 6 years to do my favorite river again! It is called the Muddy Creek and it runs very rarely. For 11 1/2 months of the year it is actually a hike, so there is a very small window when you can float it in a boat and even then you have to do it in an individual. Two years ago we tried to do it and ended up hiking back up the river because there just wasn't enough water. However, THIS was the year!

Some of us camped at the put in on Friday. It is a beautiful place.

Hondo arch is right there and the scenery is gorgeous. We were there right at sunset and the orange on the rocks just glowed.

There were HOARDS of river runners at the put in. We compared the experience to Disneyland- both because there were lots of people and it was FUN!

The best part of the river, in my humble opinion, are the slot canyon sections. Here is Big C floating serenely through the bottom part of the Chute section. Notice the logs jammed up high from previous flash floods.

It was not deep at all. A couple people in our group got dumped out of their boats and just stood up and got back in. The currents were pretty swift though. We did it in 5 1/2 hours (the half an hour was lunch).

This is a huge log jam wedged between the canyon walls. It was there 6 years ago too. We couldn't have asked for a better day to do it. It was in the high 80's and even though the wind blew hard a few times, we stayed very warm. I can't wait to do it again. Maybe it will be running again next Saturday...