2001 Annual Dorer Ranch/Humbug Creek Backpacking Trip
This was the first year Aiden went. I started taking Richard III when he was 8 years old, and Aiden has been dying to go since about the time Richard was allowed to go. Now Aiden probably felt like dying on the trip. This is a difficult hike in that there is lot of elevation gain from river bottom to the top (Where the car is!), and the road is steep. No real technical backpacking expertise is necessary. No carins to follow, getting lost would be hard to do, just a pack mule like strength and mentality.
Trip Statistics: 1.5 Hours Down, 3.5 Hours up. (Approx 4.5 - 5 Miles one way). No gold found this year, barely even tried, very poor year for runoff.
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Friday Evening: Aiden & Richard Ready to hit the trail (Note: Smiles still evident)
Dad and Aiden ready for the trail.
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The whole reason we go down there--The Wild and Scenic American River
(21) AMERICAN, CALIFORNIA. -- The North Fork from a point 0.3 mile above Heath Springs downstream to a point approximately 1,000 feet upstream of the Colfax-Iowa Hill Bridge, including the Gold Run Addition Area, as generally depicted on the map entitled, "Proposed Boundary Maps" contained in Appendix I of the document dated January 1978 and entitled, "A Proposal: North Fork American Wild and Scenic River" published by the United States Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; to be designated as a wild river and to be administered by agencies of the Departments of Interior and Agriculture as agreed upon by the Secretaries of such Departments or as directed by the President. Action required to be taken under subsection (b) shall be taken within one year after the date of the enactment of this paragraph [November 10, 1978]; in applying such subsection (b) in the case of the Gold Run Addition Area, the acreage limitation specified therein shall not apply and in applying section 6(g)(3), January 1 of the calendar year [1977] preceding the calendar year in which this paragraph is enacted shall be substituted for January 1, 1967. For purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Act with respect to the river designated by this paragraph, there are authorized to be appropriated not more than $850,000 for the acquisition of lands and interests in land and not more than $765,000 for development. An Excerpt from the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act [(P.L. 90-542, as amended) (16 U.S.C. 1271-1287)].
Richard & Aiden pumping water, Saturday Morning.
Checking out an old Miner's cabin at the confluence of Humbug Creek and the North Fork of the American River.
Checking out a mine on the way out, (Aiden: No smile evident)
Aiden near the top, getting ready for a cellular phone call to mom (Dad's secret weapon)
Aiden tells mom all about the "Fun" he has had
Richard rests
At the top, 1/2 mile to go, 99% level walking ahead! Is that a smile creeping across Aiden's face?!
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Last Updated 14-Aug-2001 |
