Post by jpgold on Jun 7, 2014 21:23:54 GMT -5
Last year Lawrence and I found our way to the rocky river. We decided to give it a shot.
I decided to dredge first and Lawrence decide to pan a little and watch the sluice box.
I was dredging in about 3 foot of water and it was murky so mostly I was felling around
Bedrock cracks and so forth. At one point the sun came out real bright and I got about
a foot of visibility so I was happy. A little later it got dark again but I was to excited to stop
I started hearing noises over the dredge and the water over my back was getting cooler to
the touch so I poked my head up to see what was going on. It was a monsoon type storm
with light and thunder cracking all over the place!!! I thought Lawrence was Died because
I didnt see him at first. When I did find him he was setting on a rock watching me dredge
like there was no problem. We hurried to get off the river. We beat death that time.
But the river had a new plan. The water came up so fast the wade to the rocky became a
swim for your life ordeal back to the truck. The access was up a creek about a hundred
yards. I really thought we was going to die. The dredge kept us a float but we had to
swim from tree to tree to get back up to the truck. the current was to strong to swim
directly against. I thanked god for saving us and we had a john boat the next time we
went out there.
I decided to dredge first and Lawrence decide to pan a little and watch the sluice box.
I was dredging in about 3 foot of water and it was murky so mostly I was felling around
Bedrock cracks and so forth. At one point the sun came out real bright and I got about
a foot of visibility so I was happy. A little later it got dark again but I was to excited to stop
I started hearing noises over the dredge and the water over my back was getting cooler to
the touch so I poked my head up to see what was going on. It was a monsoon type storm
with light and thunder cracking all over the place!!! I thought Lawrence was Died because
I didnt see him at first. When I did find him he was setting on a rock watching me dredge
like there was no problem. We hurried to get off the river. We beat death that time.
But the river had a new plan. The water came up so fast the wade to the rocky became a
swim for your life ordeal back to the truck. The access was up a creek about a hundred
yards. I really thought we was going to die. The dredge kept us a float but we had to
swim from tree to tree to get back up to the truck. the current was to strong to swim
directly against. I thanked god for saving us and we had a john boat the next time we
went out there.
