http://www.lindajones.org/gallery/main.php http://www.lindajones.org/gallery/v/BillingstotheConfluence/DSC03686.JPG.html 34906 We're heading out of Billings. It feels like an adventure again. http://www.lindajones.org/gallery/v/BillingstotheConfluence/DSC03687.JPG.html 34910 This is just above the Huntley Dam. http://www.lindajones.org/gallery/v/BillingstotheConfluence/DSC03689.JPG.html 34913 This is the only dam with decent warning signs. Waco has one sign, but it's on the side of the river you wouldn't want to be on and it's faded. http://www.lindajones.org/gallery/v/BillingstotheConfluence/DSC03690.JPG.html 34916 You can see the dam structure, but not even a horizon line lets you know what's ahead. http://www.lindajones.org/gallery/v/BillingstotheConfluence/DSC03691.JPG.html 34919 This is a structure upstream of the dam. http://www.lindajones.org/gallery/v/BillingstotheConfluence/DSC03695.JPG.html 34922 We're all relieved that it was so easy to go around. Jim looks very relaxed. http://www.lindajones.org/gallery/v/BillingstotheConfluence/DSC03697.JPG.html 34925 Jeri is also happy that it was so easy. http://www.lindajones.org/gallery/v/BillingstotheConfluence/DSC03699.JPG.html 34928 The river is full and it's beautiful. http://www.lindajones.org/gallery/v/BillingstotheConfluence/DSC03703.JPG.html 34931 Now we're approaching the Waco dam. http://www.lindajones.org/gallery/v/BillingstotheConfluence/DSC03704.JPG.html 34934 From this left channel, we could hear it, but we never saw a thing. http://www.lindajones.org/gallery/v/BillingstotheConfluence/DSC03707.JPG.html 34937 Here's one of the hard ones. This is above Ranchers Ditch. The channel we eventually take is on the left side of the island. http://www.lindajones.org/gallery/v/BillingstotheConfluence/DSC03710.JPG.html 34940 Linda Wright tried to scout, but this is what it was like. She had to wade through lots of swamp. http://www.lindajones.org/gallery/v/BillingstotheConfluence/DSC03715.JPG.html 34943 After we've taken the little channel through the island, we're all happy to have another dam behind us. http://www.lindajones.org/gallery/v/BillingstotheConfluence/DSC03718.JPG.html 34946 Borondon is happy, too. http://www.lindajones.org/gallery/v/BillingstotheConfluence/DSC03722.JPG.html 34949 YID is the next to last dam. The scout was hard, but the run was lovely. It's behind Linda Wright at our lunch break. http://www.lindajones.org/gallery/v/BillingstotheConfluence/DSC03723.JPG.html 34952 We took the smooth water on the left. http://www.lindajones.org/gallery/v/BillingstotheConfluence/DSC03728.JPG.html 34955 That night we were in Poison Ivy camp. http://www.lindajones.org/gallery/v/BillingstotheConfluence/DSC03735.JPG.html 34958 Next night we were at Fort Keough, although we didn't know it right away. http://www.lindajones.org/gallery/v/BillingstotheConfluence/DSC03738.JPG.html 34961 The country is still pretty around Miles City. http://www.lindajones.org/gallery/v/BillingstotheConfluence/DSC03743.JPG.html 34964 The sky is beautiful. We love looking at the clouds. http://www.lindajones.org/gallery/v/BillingstotheConfluence/DSC03750.JPG.html 34967 This is BLM camp. Most of the BLM last was on a high dirt bank, but this worked for a camp. http://www.lindajones.org/gallery/v/BillingstotheConfluence/DSC03751.JPG.html 34970 It's not foggy. It was just so cold last night that my camera lens fogged up when I took it out of the case. http://www.lindajones.org/gallery/v/BillingstotheConfluence/DSC03758.JPG.html 34973 We ran a series of rapids today. This one may be Bear Rapids. http://www.lindajones.org/gallery/v/BillingstotheConfluence/DSC03766.JPG.html 34976 We're approaching the Terry Badlands. http://www.lindajones.org/gallery/v/BillingstotheConfluence/DSC03775.JPG.html 34979 This is where the Tongue River dumps into the Yellowstone.