Last week found us floating between Green River UT and Mineral Bottom through Labyrinth Canyon. This has become a yearly event for us as I teach a geology class along this stretch for the Colorado School of Mines teacher enhancement program. This year I did not teach the class, but the outfitters invited us on another trip just because I love this area so much. All of the images below are from prior years as we did not take a camera this year.
This year was a little different as the monsoonal flow was more than generous the week before and washed out many upstream sand bars, while coating the edges with a solid layer of very fine grained mud. That is, most side drainages flashed the week before
A happy boat, floating the Green.
A typical sand bar camp.
Looking at a river runner register.
Lunch below the Wingate. This is one of my favorite spots on the river
This inscription was carved in 1912. I had heard rumors of a strange inscription along the river. It took us three years to find the inscription and another year for a photograph. Not the usual Anasazi or miner writing on the wall. It just goes to show that river people are a strange breed.
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