On 1 Sep 2004 16:33:18 -0700, (cruxgems) wrote:

You should have seen that gravel bar on the Yuba, below the bridge
on Hwy.20 below Narrows dam seventy years ago, Sid. Probably 75
prospectors camped there each summer. I'm sure it's a lot more
sanitary now than then.

Man, I would like to have seen that. And, yep, you're no doubt right
about the improved sanitation down there these days. Still, what it
lacks in quantity these days, though, it certainly does try to make up
for in, umm, quality. There are something like 20 sites we send crews
to every year for this cleanup day. Every year, we have a contest for
the most interesting bit of trash collected and every year the Parks
Bar site seems to come in first, whether it be for the really quite
stunningly arranged set of marital aids from two years ago, or the
bong constructed from a cow's skull we found last year (that one
actually may have been more art than trash...it's a fine line these
days, as any roff reader can attest).

My Grandfather used to go down and talk with
some of the old-timers camped there. I'm pushing 80 now, and use to
play softball in Memorial park in the '30's.

Are you still in the GV\NC area? Come on down for the barbecue
afterwards...be great to hear some stories.

- Sid