Floating the Greys River

 

Then next morning, after having a breakfast of waffles, eggs, sausage and bacon we pulled out the pontoon boat to go float the Greys River. The logistics of this float were as follows: we placed the pontoon in the back of Kevin’s truck. 

 

He would ride an ATV to the spot where we would take out. I would follow him in the truck to the take out.  We would all ride in the truck to the put in.  We would float the river to the take out. 

 

All of us would ride the ATV back to get the truck.  Kevin would drive the ATV back to the pontoon at the take out while I would drive the truck to the take out.  We would load the pontoon onto the back of the truck. 

 

Kevin would drive the ATV back to the cabin and I would drive the truck with the pontoon back to the cabin.  On these maneuvers, Isaac would usually ride in the truck watching Duck Tales or A Bug’s Life, although sometimes he would want to sit on his dad’s lap while riding on the ATV.

For the float, the pontoon boat was set up as follows: the car seat for Isaac was strapped to the front seat and he was seat belted in.  Kevin sat in the back seat to man the oars and keep an eye on Isaac. 

 

I stood in front of the car seat on the casting platform. 

 

This setup worked great. We floated 5 or 6 miles.  We stopped to fish at promising looking spots or I would fish from the front while Kevin rowed. 

 

Isaac was a real trooper this whole trip. 

 

He was happy and excited about everything.  

 

He even managed to fall asleep on the float.  Kevin caught lots of big cutthroat trout while I caught lots of white fish – even from the same holes, go figure.