In the late spring or early
summer of 1998 Jeff, Scott (Bailey) and I did a three day canoe
trip on the Black Moshannon Creek and the Susquehanna West Branch
west of Lockhaven, Pa . We started somewhere
near interstate 80 and the Black Moshannon and ended in
Renovo, Pa.
I picked up Scott's canoe a day
or so in advance of the trip and drove to Bill's parents cabin in
Pine Creek, Pa. On the way up my battery blew in Danville, Pa
and I was scrambling to get to a Sears for a replacement.
Luckily some nice motorist gave me a ride to and from the mall in
Bloomsburg for a replacment battery. I stayed the night at the
cabin, then headed down to State College, Pa to meet Aaron (Clayton)
for some mt. biking at Shingletown Gap. We hit some bars that night,
then crashed at the Day's Inn.
Scott and Jeff showed up
the following day in State College, then we headed west to
start our trip.
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Here
we are paddling down the Black Moshannon. The area is surrounded by
old strip mines, so the
water is
a permanant
orange from the acid mine drainage (high sulfar
content).
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CJ checking out the
sights as we paddle
along.
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Jeff steering the
canoe.
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Wild
and crazy Scott paddling without a shirt and tossing back beers. His
canoe was much smaller than
ours and more manuverable, so he was
able to paddle by himself and keep up. For some reason his dog
Murdock
didn't make this
trip.
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This
shot was
a little earlier, since the rapid ended up
swamping
Scott.
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Permanantly stained rocks
from the acid mine
drainage.
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This
was our campsite the first night along the Black Moshannon.
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And
this was our campsite the second night along the West Branch. CJ and
Scott spent the night outside
the tent. It was a bad idea for CJ,
since he spent most of the night chasing and barking at things in
the
woods.
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