River Rat Chapter 56
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| Time frame | May 24 - June 14, 2001 |
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Location
- The girls house in Flagstaff, Arizona
- Diamond Creek Wash, the ending point
- Lee's Ferry, the raft trip starting point in the Grand Canyon
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Summary
Scooter gets back from her river trip, and finds an empty house and Crystal's note saying that she is getting closer to Noah, and that Nanci did well and would be continuing as a swamper for the rest of the summer. She figured that this might cause some major changes to their plans for the winter, and that they would have to wait to see what developed.
The next night she is waiting when Jim and the GCR crew get back, and they again end up at the house. She tells Jim that the situation with Crystal and Noah is going to change their winter plans, and they agree that whatever else happens, they will spend the winter together somewhere.
Scooter asks Al if there's a chance that he could put her with Jim if he does another Canyon Tours trip this summer, and he says that he will try, although he's not sure that they will need Jim in the fall.
A few days into the next trip Jerry seems to be a little upset. When they get to Phantom Ranch, he volunteers to hike to the mailbox (and use the phone to call Kelly). He's still testy when they get back on the river, but it goes away after a few days. The trial swamper wasn't working out, but one of the customer families had a kid the same age who was good about pitching in, and ended up with an offer from Al to work as a swamper the following season.
Al meets them at the Diamond Creek takeout and mentions that Trey had quit to work with Jennifer and Blake as a sound engineer, and that Nanci was doing very well both swamping and rowing.
