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Show 440 " A. Well, it is always bad enough with a row boat; some of it you row, some of it you two your boat the beat you can. we had the sand bars; running behind a sand bar, sometimes have to turn and go back, hunt around and find some little channel that you could get your boat up through. " R. 1134- 1135 One trip made on the Colorado River between the mouth of the Green River and Moab, was in March of 1926, when he was accompanied by his brother. Very little equipment was carried on the trip and it consisted principally of camp equipment and a very little grub. In places where a sand bar or bank was found that could be walked along, the boat was towed, one man walking along the bank with a sixty foot rope tied to the boat, the other man using the cars to hold the boat in the river. From some place above what he believes to be oil well No. 2, they took the Moab Garage boat into Moab. The Moab Garage boat hit sand bars in a place or two but was always able to back up again and then go ahead, making the trip without losing a great deal of time. He made another trip on that section of the river with his father a good many years ago but does not remember the date. He has also made two or three other trips, one being made in 1927 with a young fellow by the name of Zerber. |
