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Show 758 There was not very much delay in coming down the Green River, because of taking pictures, as they took nothing but scenic shots on the Green River, although they did stop at Double Bownot for a day and painted the boats R. 1815. From Green river, Utah, on down to the mouth of the San Rafael, the difficulties encountered more sand islands, sand bars, and rather coarse gravel bars. He describes one in particular just below the Denver and Rio Grande bridge at Greenriver, there the river spreads out, he believes one or two of the boats scraped there. Twelve or fourteen miles farther down two or three of the boats landed, and all of the boatmen hit their cars in going along, because it was shallow. They had some difficulty just below Double Bownot, where he believes five of the boats were stuck on sand- bars, and at various places down the river they had some trouble. In many places their cars touched bottom in rowing. The cars were always used to sound with, to see if they were striking shoals. R. 1815 - 1816. They encountered sand- bars all the way down the Green. Below Double Bownot, several of the boys had to get overboard to dislodge the boats. Just below Greenriver a couple had to go overboard, and lift the boats off the sand bar to get it loose. They encountered no other boats along Green River, from Greenriver, Utah, to its mouth. R. 1817. |
