9 days and 89 miles of Greenery

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whats goin on?
well alright i usually just cut n paste these from another forum but i haven't gottin any farther than this on any of them so wer'e in new water on day 4 headed to ladore
and if ya made it this far ya probably figured out the add laden functional stoner bums got a good bits of the gumps in em
and ifin ya step back and try and see the forest instead of some misspelled gramtically
incorrect trees or read it out loud spoken it may make mur sense.
or there is always the don't click on the thread and ignore option.
and it is "likes a box of chocolates" cause most of the time i don't know whats im gonna type next.
Lets start with the trees and riparian river habitat of the browns park nwr.

its not good news for the ageing cottonwoods they are dieing and not being replaced at a sustainable rate,
as field research from the browns park teams has confirmed.
The cottonwoods, willows and buffaloberry are being replaced with nonnative invasives like perennial pepperweed and tamarisk, that do not offer the same forage nesting cover or ecosystem as before.
The refuge hosts a great and rich diversity of wildlife 68 species of mammals, 15 of reptiles/amphibs and over 220 different species of both migratory and local birds.
While these habitat problems may take a bit more than voli willow planting, like ive helped with on the strawberry river.
Real smart ,with letters like phd, people are working on this and both tamarisk eradication programs ,recreation of historic spring floods from the fg dam, to plant genetics all are playing a part in helping preserve the natural river riparian ecosystem.

In addition to research the staff at the refuge also pumps water from the green vermillion and beaver creek into 7 different wetlands to provide habitat for migratory waterfowl and others.
Being surrounded by arid, high desert uplands these wetland and river corridor provide the only real significant wetland habitat for miles.

We awake bake breakfast and decide were just gonna leave both rafts in and float into ladore vrs pulling one and needing to relaunch.
And the ever present river runners chore of shuttling logistics a rig from put in to take out would be the days 1st need
and i throws on the RL for sum hill country, delta blues, behind the wheel again miles motivation
https://youtu.be/7lzpDwaxGk4
and we hit the road to git er done to have sum fun

before long it comes into view

Named after a Robert Southey poem "...And this way the water comes down at ladore", by the members of JW Powell's 1st expedition in 1869
its an imposing sight

June 7, 1869- "At noon the sun shines on vermillion walls, and the canyon opens,, like a beautiful portal, to a region of glory.
This evening shadows are settling in the canyon. Now it is a dark portal to a region of gloom, which we are to enter on our voyage tomorrow.
What shall we find"

Powell = stud .
It was a bit more imposing to me the first time we floated it but the grandeur and/ of scale and awe remains
and floating in trumps the heck outta driving and launching and i highly recommend the play permit option if you have the chance.
it offers a way better perspective of what those who floated before and the canyon

i need to go back and thumb through some photos and attempt to upload a few more from day 4 and im still asking my slacker friends for photos so i don't need to go to their damn instagram accounts and borrow them.
between the kids at work mooching my pc off my mount desk and closing my windows or fat fingers hitting the wrong keys i tend to loose a few posts
and i sure cant figure out the bft uploader or embed any viddys
tbc

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