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East Clear Creek
May 2004
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| Brandon, Matt, Andy, Augie, Richard, Nick, Alex, John, Jeff, Ian, Debi, Brian, Spencer, Steve, Mike, and Bill......Everybody smile and say... |
Wadatenchu!
Bodo ske-daten-daten wadatenchu
Iss-skiddle-ee-oten-doten-bodo-ske-daten-daten wadatenchu
Oten-doten little boten iss-skiddle-ee-oten-doten bodo-ske-daten-daten wadatenchu
Itten-ditten little kitten oten-doten little boten iss-skiddle-ee-oten-doten-bodo-ske-daten-daten.. Wadatenchu!
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Look at the petrified mushrooms Micki and Andy found!
 |  Do we really have to hike all the way down there and back with backpacks? |
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| Ian, Alex, and John preparing their gourmet dinner of Macaroni and Cheese. |
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| Shouldn’t we put a few crawdads in with the Mac & Cheese? |  |
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| Bob Moreash and Dave Wright reading up on light backpacking techniques. |
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Alex, Ian, and John stick fighting on the Rock of Gibraltar.
 |  Alex preparing for the big crawdad catch. East Clear Creek swimming hole. |
 
 Neal testing the water before bringing in his $15 raft. | Augie, Brandon, and Jeffrey testing the buoyancy of the raft.
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Nick taking a wild ride down the roaring falls.
 |  Mike and Neal chat about their wild adventures of river rafting. |
 Neal – "Now this is rafting." |  Dave Wright working on his rowing techniques. “Did someone mention Boundary Waters”? |
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| Jonny, Greg, and Neal practicing their boulder techniques. I guess Cody was still sleeping at 2:00 PM |
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 Jonny and Neal relaxing after a long day climbing boulders. |  Ian, Nick, and Alex sneaking up on Jonny and Neal to take over the rock. |
Spencer and a moment of reflection
 |  Andy: I can't wait to taste that jambalaya with all these crawdads we're catching! |
Okay, guys, who saw "Finding Nemo"?? Wait until that guy over there with the green hat looks the other way...
 |  Bob guards the crawdads..."you won't escape on my watch!!!" |
 They have the crawdads cornered now |  Oh great! Mr. Gurtler has to come in now and tell us how to catch crawdads! |
 Okay, who's going to clean all these crawdads?? | Only 50 more crawdads to clean..I ain't never had so much fun! |
 Crawdad jambalaya! |  Andy: don't forget to save me some of that jambalaya that I worked all day catching crawdads for!
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Chef Richard starts on our dessert masterpiece! |  The bake-off begins! |
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| Alex: I can smell those cakes baking, don't forget to save me a piece!! |
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A Reddi-Whip moment to remember!
 |  Now, where did Alex go...? |
Bill's famous pecan and cinnamon pancakes.. |
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| Crawdads for breakfast? |  |
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