Gila River float trip

[ehunt]

I like the 7th pic down with all the sheep. The more I look at it the more sheep I find...I'm currently at 8.

 

Yeah I get 8 also, It was amazing watching them jump from one little ledge to the next with ease.

 

I'm up to 9 sheep...great pic!

[Kilimanjaro]

Awesome trip! If I had the proper equipment, I would be doing this trip too! It looks like a blast. Those boys will ALWAYS remember those float trips.

 

VERY COOL!

[billrquimby]

I did that same trip in a raft with a group of reporters and Sierra Club members during high water and again in 4x4s with a Jeep club during the dry season many years ago when there was a controversy over whether to declare the Gila Box a designated wilderness and ban motorized travel through the Box.

 

On the Sierra Club "show me" trip, a helicopter landed at our camp with John and Cindy McCain aboard. They spent the ngiht, listening to the Sierra Club proposals, then flew off the next day. No dignitaries showed up for the Jeep club trip.

 

The columns I wrote for the Tucson Citizen said there should be no conflict between motorized travel and rafting. When there's water, it's a great place to raft. The rest of the year, the dry riverbed is a great place for off-road travel.

 

I lost track of what happened after that. Did McCain "protect" the box and ban motorized travel down the dry riverbed?

 

Bill Quimby

[AZ RANGER]

I did that same trip in a raft with a group of reporters and Sierra Club members during high water and again in 4x4s with a Jeep club during the dry season many years ago when there was a controversy over whether to declare the Gila Box a designated wilderness and ban motorized travel through the Box.

 

On the Sierra Club "show me" trip, a helicopter landed at our camp with John and Cindy McCain aboard. They spent the ngiht, listening to the Sierra Club proposals, then flew off the next day. No dignitaries showed up for the Jeep club trip.

 

The columns I wrote for the Tucson Citizen said there should be no conflict between motorized travel and rafting. When there's water, it's a great place to raft. The rest of the year, the dry riverbed is a great place for off-road travel.

 

I lost track of what happened after that. Did McCain "protect" the box and ban motorized travel down the dry riverbed?

 

Bill Quimby

 

Yes motorized travel has been banned for about 13 years maybe more. In high school I made a lot of trips up the river in 4x4's and I do miss being able to do that, but I have to admit I enjoy the trip more now knowing that I will not run into any vehicles once I get into the box. There are definitely times of the year such as now where water levels accomodate both types of travel.

[azgutpile]

I like the 7th pic down with all the sheep. The more I look at it the more sheep I find...I'm currently at 8.

 

Yeah I get 8 also, It was amazing watching them jump from one little ledge to the next with ease.

 

I'm up to 9 sheep...great pic!

I'm going to need your help with the 9th one. I see the 4 obvious ones plus the 2 lambs by the bush, the one lamb laying behind the rock with just its head showing and the one at the very top of the picture.

[ehunt]

I like the 7th pic down with all the sheep. The more I look at it the more sheep I find...I'm currently at 8.

 

Yeah I get 8 also, It was amazing watching them jump from one little ledge to the next with ease.

 

I'm up to 9 sheep...great pic!

I'm going to need your help with the 9th one. I see the 4 obvious ones plus the 2 lambs by the bush, the one lamb laying behind the rock with just its head showing and the one at the very top of the picture.

 

There are two sheep at the very top right of the picture...the head showing on one and the body of another.

[CouesWhitetail]

Very cool! Took me awhile to find the lamb behind the rock with just it's head showing! But I finally got 9.