East Clear Creek

May 2004



Brandon, Matt, Andy, Augie, Richard, Nick, Alex, John, Jeff, Ian, Debi, Brian, Spencer, Steve, Mike, and Bill......Everybody smile and say...

Wadatenchu!
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Wadatenchu!

Look at the petrified mushrooms Micki and Andy found!

Do we really have to hike all the way down there and back with backpacks?
Ian, Alex, and John preparing their gourmet dinner of Macaroni and Cheese.
Shouldn’t we put a few crawdads in with the Mac & Cheese?

Bob Moreash and Dave Wright reading up on light backpacking techniques.

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.

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”?

Jonny, Greg, and Neal practicing their boulder techniques. I guess Cody was still sleeping at 2:00 PM


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!


Chef Richard starts on our dessert masterpiece!

The bake-off begins!

Alex: I can smell those cakes baking, don't forget to save me a piece!!

A Reddi-Whip moment to remember!

Now, where did Alex go...?


Bill's famous pecan and cinnamon pancakes..

Crawdads for breakfast?