Post by fowlerrudi on Apr 21, 2008 12:20:02 GMT -5
Date: April 19-20, 2008
Water Level: 1.44 North Oromocto @ Tracy
Crew: 3 Boats, 6 People
Length: 5 hours, 18-19 Miles
Elevation Drop: 248 Feet
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So our first voyage of the year was The Mighty North Oromocto. Since there was still ice in the lakes, we had to take a 4wd into Barton Rapids, just up from the outlet to Little Lake. About 5 minutes into the trip, Shawn dropped his GPS in the river and lost it. So if anyone sees one, you know who's it is!
The local idiots also decided to run the river this day, they left around 8-9am, we put in at 12 noon. As you can see in the pictures, they thought it would be great to start some brush fires/grass fires on the way down. There was one burning at the falls when I got there, on the opposite side to where we camped out. I managed to stomp it out and put it out with a water jug.
We set up camp when we arrived at 2pm. Two of our paddlers carried on downstream and completed the run as they did not want to camp out. I tried an idea of mine, as you can see in the pictures, trying to make a hot tub with a heating coil in the fire. I ran 3 lengths of garden hose in the river, trying to get enough "head" in the stream to flow through the copper coil in the campfire. The stream wasn't steep enough here, so I used plan B and filled one boat with water, and pushed it uphill in order to siphon the water through the coil, into another canoe (the hot tub). Call me crazy, but it worked! It was a pain having to keep the upper canoe filled with water via dry bags. Also, the next time I try this I will have a valve on the hose to adjust the flow, which will also adjust the temperature. I made a nice foot bath for the wife instead of constantly filling the upper boat. Next attempt will have an unlimited water supply.
The rest of the trip went very well. Almost impossible not to get wet with our loaded boats and the amount of water flowing. The haystacks got pretty big, especially after the falls. GPS showed us running 10 km/hr without putting a paddle in the water. We pulled out at a friend's house at 5pm. We were late because of sleeping in till 11am.
Great trip, highly recommended.
Water Level: 1.44 North Oromocto @ Tracy
Crew: 3 Boats, 6 People
Length: 5 hours, 18-19 Miles
Elevation Drop: 248 Feet
picasaweb.google.com/fowlerrudi/NorthOromoctoRiverApril1920
So our first voyage of the year was The Mighty North Oromocto. Since there was still ice in the lakes, we had to take a 4wd into Barton Rapids, just up from the outlet to Little Lake. About 5 minutes into the trip, Shawn dropped his GPS in the river and lost it. So if anyone sees one, you know who's it is!
The local idiots also decided to run the river this day, they left around 8-9am, we put in at 12 noon. As you can see in the pictures, they thought it would be great to start some brush fires/grass fires on the way down. There was one burning at the falls when I got there, on the opposite side to where we camped out. I managed to stomp it out and put it out with a water jug.
We set up camp when we arrived at 2pm. Two of our paddlers carried on downstream and completed the run as they did not want to camp out. I tried an idea of mine, as you can see in the pictures, trying to make a hot tub with a heating coil in the fire. I ran 3 lengths of garden hose in the river, trying to get enough "head" in the stream to flow through the copper coil in the campfire. The stream wasn't steep enough here, so I used plan B and filled one boat with water, and pushed it uphill in order to siphon the water through the coil, into another canoe (the hot tub). Call me crazy, but it worked! It was a pain having to keep the upper canoe filled with water via dry bags. Also, the next time I try this I will have a valve on the hose to adjust the flow, which will also adjust the temperature. I made a nice foot bath for the wife instead of constantly filling the upper boat. Next attempt will have an unlimited water supply.
The rest of the trip went very well. Almost impossible not to get wet with our loaded boats and the amount of water flowing. The haystacks got pretty big, especially after the falls. GPS showed us running 10 km/hr without putting a paddle in the water. We pulled out at a friend's house at 5pm. We were late because of sleeping in till 11am.
Great trip, highly recommended.