We got in last night from a 15-day Grand Canyon trip with two virgin Fretwater Briggsian dories, 
Lodore and 
Euphrates, a virgin Alumiweld named 
Wesley, my old Briggs 
Cataract, and Andy Hutchinson's firstborn--a 16-foot Briggsian shorty named 
Woodenshoe. Grand Canyon was running a steady 8,000 cfs and was oh-so-peppy in many places. Wesley flipped in Horn Creek, Woodenshoe did an extended side-surf in Lava without flipping, and the rest slipped through. Here's…                      
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