![]() ![]() Sunday dawned with heavy fog surrounding us. We did have a quick shower Saturday night. ![]() Saturday afternoon the wind picked up and seemed to keep the storms to the east of us. The weather was in a monsoon type pattern, the afternoon it threatened to rain. It was difficult until I found the elk game trail. I found a couple of mountain man toilets complete with paper dispensers. We all explored the landscape around our camp. There is so much water in Walnut Creek, you would swear it’s a lake. Saturday afternoon I paddled two, or three miles further south on the creek. Beerbill and I both could see crawdads in the water. In three days he did not catch anything either. I had the chance to try out my new fishing rig I built. ![]() We stayed relatively dry, and our rain gear kept us dry. We had enough coals in the morning to get the fire going again. We found the area offered a good supply of gas wood pine and downed oak. We set up our camps and got a fire going just as a thunderstorm rolled in. We headed south until we came upon to what turned out to be the prefect camp site. We loaded our gear into two canoes and set off to find a camp site on the west bank. There was so much snow over the winter that Walnut Creek has burst its banks. Beerbill and I rendezvoused with Lightng and Max on the east bank of the creek early Friday morning. May 19th/21st three intrepid Powderhorn Clan members set out on a canoe trek of Walnut Creek, Flagstaff, Arizona territory to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Powderhorn Clan. ![]()
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