Hi Buddy, I would think that a portage cart would be a Very Good Thing. Shawn > Tell me about the portages...is this a big deal? Do you just drag the boat out >near the dam, walk it downstream some distance and re-float, or are we talking >miles? I'd hate to eat up my limited time walking any more than I have to. >Unfortunately I'm time constrained. I'll have 10 or 11 days on the water. You're probably looking at about an average 1/2 mile portage. (Holter (1/2 mi), Black Eagle (1/2 mi), Rainbow (1 mi), Ryan (I think about 1/2 mi)). I'm unfamiliar with Ft. Peck. They're all working hydroelectric dams, so they have access roads all around them. I would think that if you ran into any kind of trouble, you could explain your situation--I'm sure the average dam worker would be more sympathetic to a guy on an expedition than to the average local bozo who is just trying to find a shortcut to his fishing hole, because they know the other guy will be back, and you'll just be on your way, never to be seen by them again. > I'm trying to decide if I want to start in MT and go south until I run out of >time or go north some distance and terminate at my home (75 yards uphill from the >Missouri in Fort Leavenworth). Do your research--depends on what you think will be more interesting. You could even start at the Missouri Headwaters State Park in Three Forks, MT, and probably make it to Fort Peck in 11 days, easily. Shawn -- Shawn W. Baker 0 46°53'N © 2000 ____©/______ 114°06'W ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^\ ,/ /~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ baker_at_montana.com 0 http://www.missoulaconcrete.com/shawn/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Mar 27 2000 - 10:05:21 PST
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