walking 30:00 [2] 2.8 km (10:43 / km)
shoes: VJ LOPs
Walk to start and back from finish.
I have never seen a town with public fish cleaning stations before. These people are serious about their salmon.
orienteering race 1:11:10 [5] *** 3.9 km (18:15 / km) +105m 16:05 / km
14c shoes: VJ LOPs
Salmon River Fish Hatchery -- NAOC Middle - GreenX - FGreen Open
Another wet day. Everything was slippery which caused me to move more slowly than I may have otherwise. Around the right edge of the pond and into 1, taking some time to adjust to the map and to the scale after yesterday's sprints. On the way to 2, crossed over the small saddle at the end and dropped down the reentrant right into the control. On the way to 3, I hesitated slightly when crossing a deep reentrant which looked like it could be the trail. It was too early -- still not quite feeling the 1:10,000 map yet. Hit the trail, ran along it and down the little indistinct trail to 3.
Back to the trail, then took the branch that went north. I used the indistinct trail on the spur between the stream and marsh to get over to the area of 4, then went up the reentrant and over to the bag. On 5 I got higher a little faster than I wanted, ended up in the western depression but knew I just had a bit further to go. I went down the trail, at the bend with the little knoll I crossed under the knoll and went up the first reentrant then up the hill to 6. There were a lot of people all going up the hill at the same time from all directions. Kind of reminded me of ants.
To 7, along the trail again, took a bearing from one of the few rocks on the map. Across the flat to the big trail on the way to 8, I used the dot knolls & gate to attack. The vegetation (coniferous) on the way to 9 was a huge help. On the way down the hill to 11 I was drawn to an unmapped rootstock further to the right. Found the correct one quickly. The swamp was much drier than it appears. I came across another rootstock with a control on it, but couldn't tell which one, continued to head west until I hit 12. From there it was out to the trail, pop in on 13, and around the little pond to finish.
15/37 overall on the GreenX, which is much better than I would have thought.
walking 30:00 [2] 2.8 km (10:43 / km)
Walked to the start and back again to retrieve my map, check if friends were done, etc.
hiking 20:00 [2] 0.6 mi (33:19 / mi)
Went to see the 110 foot waterfall at Salmon River Falls Unique Area. Donna and I walked along the trail to the overlooks, then took a trail which takes you to the riverbed at the top of the falls. Finally we went down into the gorge which gave an awesome view of the falls and huge pool below. Even more beautiful with the fall leaves.
We also checked out the Fish Hatchery which was pretty interesting. Saw some HUGE salmon.