River is running at 9900 CFS, down from 30,000 a week ago.

  

Here is my first blog update for this year. There is good info on this page. I have made all of you authors so you should be able to post directly to the blog, give it a try, see how it works, and give me some feedback. There are some cool links on the right hand side of the screen, links to water levels, the BLM website for the river, snow pack info, etc, weather forecast, etc. Also those of you who might need it, Sierra Designs is having a great deal on gigantic drybags right now http://www.sierratradingpost.com/p/4690,2579V_Seattle-Sports-H2O-Waterproof-Gear-Bag-Large.html  I have one of these. They are not the caddilac of drybags, except that they are large like a late 70s caddy, large enough to hold everything a person might want to bring and are $34.

Here are some notes from the meeting:

• Sam is coordinating the satellite phone, this should be a communal expense, if no one objects.
• Jan/Sam are coordinating meals
•      o Everyone will be responsible for a dinner and then a breakfast the next day
•      o Please let them know what meals you are planning
•      o Sarah is allergic to dairy products, so if dairy is part of your meal, plan to add it last, so a dairy free portion of the meal can be set aside
• The Fullers are coordinating the kitchen
• I am coordinating shuttles – please send me your make, model, and color, and plate number.
• The Thomses are finding us a campsite for the night before.
• Wes, do you want to be the coffee coordinator. You don’t need to buy all the coffee, just make sure people bring enough raw materials and equipment to make coffee fro 14
• Bryn will bring white gas stove and Brian to bring propane stove
• Thomses to bring a propane grill.
• Everyone was in favor of driving over the day before, so as to get a good night sleep followed by an early start for the put on day.
• BYOB
• BYOW – That’s water. Lets shoot for ten gallons or so per boat.
• I think we should do communal expenses different this year, and here is why: With the shuttle, if we divide communal expenses by number of people and assign shares, one share per person, Sam would pay 26 to shuttle his car, but the Thomses would pay 128 to shuttle theirs, way more than the actual shuttle costs. I propose this year each party has one share. In this scenario, each party would pay about $62 for the shuttle (if you can’t follow the math, I figured 75/car with 5 cars – with 14 shares, each share is worth $26, with only six shares  (one per party) each one is $62). Does anyone object to this scheme of one share per party?