Labor Day on the Colorado

[IntrepidXJ]

For Labor Day Andrew, Amanda and I spent a few hours on the Colorado River near Moab. We put in at Hittle Bottom and took out at Takeout Beach. The water was pretty low and slow...plus there was a little wind up the canyon, so Andrew and I had to take turns rowing in order to keep moving at a reasonable speed. In the end, it took us about 6 hours to make it to Takeout Beach. It was a good workout and we had fun along the way, too.

Finished inflating the raft by hand...
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On the river
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Nice reflection
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Amanda
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Andrew
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My turn to row
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Time for a swim to cool off
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[IntrepidXJ]

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Traffic on the river
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My turn to row again
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Lunchtime
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[Alex]

Looks like fun! Is that an Engel cooler? How do you like it?

[IntrepidXJ]

Looks like fun! Is that an Engel cooler? How do you like it?

I'm actually not sure....the boat and all the gear belongs to my friend Andrew.....we just tag along :naughty:

He reads this forum on occasion, so maybe he'll see this and can answer :)

[skyegod]

Yes, it is an Engel (80 qrt) I really like it. Seems to do pretty good at keeping things cold. Typically for ice, I do not use loose ice, but instead have a few 1.5 Gallon water bottles that I have frozen. About 1 day before i go anywhere, I grab one of the bottles, fill the cooler 1/2 full and chuck it in - leave it in over night to "cool" the cooler. Then when I am packing the cooler, I get another one of the "Ice Packs" from the freezer, and use that as my cooler. I went away for 3 days over the Summer, and everything was still nice and cold on the Sunday night when I got home. 2 Advantages to doing that is that you have 1 1/2 gallons of emergency water, and you dont have the messy, sloshing around in ice water to find your beverage.
1 thing that I did find using that method though, is to freeze your steaks, or chicken or other meat. if you are going for more than 2 days, and let them defrost in the cooler.

Overall - yes I really like the cooler. Strong enough for a 220 pound lugnut like myself to stand up on and scout the rapids if I need to.

Andrew