Thursday, September 14.
Another day off the bike, but a fun one! We drive back up to Gold Beach and Janet, John and I took a 100 mile round trip Jet Boat ride up the Rogue River. We had seen the jet boats on our numerous river trips on the Rogue, usually grumbling about the noise, and trying to surf the jet boat's wake, and we decided to check it out, and booked a trip. Jo had some work to do, so she and Bob stayed in the van in Gold Beach for the day. On our trip we saw fisherman catching 35+lb Chinook Salmon, bald eagles, turkey vultures, herons, a couple of black bears, and a peregrine falcon. The jetboats have 3 engines, 3 jet pumps and 1200 horsepower. Top speed is about 60mph, and can run in only 6 inches of water. The ride was really fun-I'd do it again! I have a new found appreciation for the boat driving skills that our pilot has! After a fun day on the river we drove back to Brookings to the Superfly Distillery for dinner. Awesome food there too! The Superfly and the Fat Irish Pub are owned by the same people, but have completely different menus.
Tomorrow we are going to begin driving east, probably will hook up on the TransAm ride somewhere in Wyoming.
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