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June 29 Boardman from Forks to BB Dam

Published on 6/29/2011
Who went: Lois & John, Judy & Fred, and Tracie

What we saw: irises (both purple and yellow), a turtle, mergansers, a family of swans

Weather: cool, then very sunny and warm

We decided to do some river cleanup, and even though the  Boardman had been cleaned less than 3 weeks ago, we still found about 7 bags of stuff.  We didn't have a spear, and it was too chilly to swim, so there are still some obvious cans on the bottom of the river upstream from Brown Bridge Pond.  But we did find a good quantity of cans (both old and new, full and empty), sweatpants, shoes, 3 paddles (2 had big chunks taken out of the blades), a swamped Discovery canoe (which we didn't recover just then), a really good water bottle, a big beach towel, and a group of sad little girls  - "Can you go back and find my black backpack and my blue flip-flop?"  Several were missing shoes, and obviously nothing had been tied into their canoes.  They were from a local camp, and apparently were not really prepared for this excursion. 

We need to go back when it's hot, with a spear.  We all got through pond okay, and spent 3 hours doing the trip even with our clean up chores.  No mishaps, except at lunchtime, when a glass of iced tea was accidentally dumped on the author.  But we all got free dessert, and I got to use my car clothes.
Written by Lois