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Show 4384 Loper- D 2404 parallel with the waves, and that is the way we got over the waves without being swamped. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q From then on to Lees Ferry, just tell me about the trip. A We had the sand wave condition for a good ways, down to the mouth of Rock creek, until we came to the mouth of Navajo creek. There we ran into some very serious waves again. But they didn't last so long as the San Juan waves did. From the San Juan down -- I would like to explain the Colorado river above the San Juan is one river, the Colorado river below the San Juan is another river. Q What do you mean by that? A The San Juan handles more sand itself than the Colorado handles, above the San Juan. That is what I am trying to tell. Q Go right ahead, now. A From there on we had no trouble. Of course, from the mouth of Aztec creek down we had a wave condition; the river was wide, and it was quite an anxious time, because of the waves, and the shallowness of the water, and everything, would make it very easy to swamp your boat. After we passed about four or five miles below Navajo creek we had nice sailing from there on to Lees Ferry. |