yep, sorry to all, but this is sorta like old home news. for
but this is sorta like old home news. for Bear and I. Tom Decuir, my good friend I grew up with in New Iberia, LA was at Land's wedding and enjoyed it greatly. The Scot he went to Bhutan with had to be Jerry Moffit. Jerry took my wife and a few others to Pakistan to paddle the headwaters of the Indus in 91. Not too far from where Osama is holed up now.
Team Tarkio...Dunbar and Polly are 1st rate folks with a ton of talent, as does Land. The Kern boys..same thing. Unbelievable group of staff there.
Robert Booth's wife teaches with me as well and she was my son's teacher last year. Robert does some NOC work, worked with Wildwater some and helps out sub'n and driving for the school now and then too.
I started at NOC in 82 and know what you mean about the old store and restaraunt. First visited in 77 after a Feb backpacking trip(we were up from LA for Mardis Gras holiday) that ended at NOC. The woodstove was going in the store and the restaurant had a chilicheeseburger waiting for me. John Barbour, wife and kid were here not too long ago. James Jackson...I see every few weeks. When I need to borrow an inflatable, he usually has it for us to use.
By the way...WW paddlers are nuts with nothing but positive taken from that. Me..I like both worlds. Mine these days is more flatwater. I'm sure it will switch back and forth as the opportunities come. Just bought boats for my 10 and 8 yr old so this next year we'll see a lot of the Tuck, Little T and Chattooga I'm sure.