As tahe paddlers arrive 30 miles upstream at
Willow Beach,
Baywatch Bill and Weigh 2 Go
arrive at beautiful Cottonwood Cove as Richard unloads
Sea Scouts and gear at Willow Beach and drives the truck down to Cottonwood Cove to meet up with Bill.
Ah, what a peaceful scene,
undeniably a boon to the paddlers.
But the first thing Baywatch Bill notices on arrival are
the wind flags.
Two flying briskly means nasty winds,
the bane of all paddlers.
The second thing Baywatch Bill notices is a catamaran.
Hmmm, a Hobi Cat at Cottonwood? Very odd.
Baywatch Bill thinks nothing more of it
and has a peaceful night's sleep in the Desert Rat truck.
Next morning, Baywatch Bill finds he and Richard
are
surrounded by Hobi Cats in the parking lot.
Dozens of 'em, all in various stages of being rigged.
Byawatch Bill sees Misty at the registration desk,
and finds that indeed this weekend are
Hobi Cat races on the lake. Yikes, is his reacton.
Soon they have theri orientation meeting.
And set sail for the starting line.
Meanwhile, the paddlers up at Willow Beach prepare to launch.
Can you name them all?
Soon they set off on yet another wonderful Arrowhead adventure.
Low-growing something reflects its colors off the water.
While BB and Richard are getting hammered with wind and waves, the paddlers are enjoying total serenity.
And what bucolic panoramas they have.
Meanwhile, Baywatch Bill and Richard, in Weigh to Go,
boat up to the paddlers, who have made
good headway
the
first day and found a
wonderful campsite in Double Neck Cove.
What a majestic canyon for their first campsite.
The desert is beginning to put on a wildflower show.
Starting with dogweed flowers.
Soon the paddlers break camp.
Here, Caroliine uses her powers of
levitation to bring the gear into place.
Caroline and David take time to absorb the tranquility.
David takes photo of distant hills
And BB takes photo of David taking photo of distant hills.
Richard and BB spy a UFO landing or something.
Find the paddlers
At Chalk Cliffs, the river widens and the
winds will pick up considerably.
Oh, by the way, find the paddlers.
You'll have to click on this picture to magnify it.
Our resourceful and creative Sea Scouts, feeling the wind pick up a bit, turn a bane into a boon. Here they experiment with
an
alternative
modus locomotive as the Elders look on and scoff.
Afternoon finds the group at campsite #2
in Tule Wash Cove.
The Sea Scouts form a work party to bring the gear ashore.
And soon supper is beginning to form.
Eurasia minces fresh garlic.
The cook samples the BeefTtortellini Supreme.
After supper, a dune-climbing race ensues.
Richard points out how Weigh 2 Go
has tied her bow line to her own anchor line.
Sailors - idenitfy this knot!
The next morning, their sail perfected and unfurled, the Sea Scout
catamaran
makes excellent headway ...
... as the Elders staunchly refuse to participate
in such tom-foolery. But noticing the incredible
easy headway the Sea Scouts are making ....
... the Elders soon conform and raft up to form a trimaran.
They rig their sail
And they are soon aweigh
The Nina and the Pinta as seen from the Santa Maria
Soon, the Sea Scouts in the Pinta hoist the colors.
As do the Elders in the Nina.
And the Santa Maria
makes three.
That afternoon, we find a beautiful
beach at Owl Point Cove for our next stopover.
The kitchen and living room are soon constructed.
A Grackle stops by for a visit to see its new neighbors.
They don't make glass this smooth, do they ???
A full moon greets the paddlers at Owl Point Cove
But all is not peachy on the river.
Unbeknownst to the paddlers, they have landed on The Cove of the Mummy.
AND IT'S ALIVE ! ! !
The Mummy arises from its tomb,
and sets out to eat the Sea Scouts arm by leg.
But the invincible Sea Scouts overpower the Mummy
and proceed to send it back to its tomb.
R.I.P Old Mummy !! The curse is broken!
And the Mummy is mow securely
encased
in its tomb for Eternity.
Meanwhile, nothing fazes Richard.
Here, he nonchalantly
demonstrates
how to eat applesauce with chopsticks.
Like the Sea Scouts,
he "Left No Trace".
Sadly, the adventure comes to an end as the paddlers reach the takeout point back down at Cottonwood Cove.
Richard wonders why BB is hanging upside down off the bow.
RB, BB, CQ, DD, PB.
Photo taken by "Q".
Paula and BB planning the next wonderful Arrowhead adventure.