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June 9 - Morning Boardman cleanup, Shumsky to Beitner

Published on 6/9/2019

The third date was a charm! We completed the BRCS mission! Today the river level was low enough so that we could get under the personal bridges. We found onion bags and shorts, flip flops and beer cans (both full and empty), water bottles and plastic bags, a canoe paddle and one rather large planter. The new guy David learned a lot from the other experienced river pickers: Lois, John, Jocelyn and Marlene. We saw ducks and a bald eagle. The rain held off until later in the afternoon; we were off the river by noon.

We will have to return on a really hot day to get some stuff that was in too deep, or up on high banks. It would be handy to have a tandem canoe so that the bow person can jump out to reach a few items we couldn't get this time.

Photos by John and Jocelyn