thx all...and Spartan 2, I enjoyed your trip report greatly.  Thx for answering those questions I asked.  I bet it hasn't changed since you were there.  I have mixed emotions on daming it and glad I saw it prior to any possible intervention.  As many of us that cruise LLC...suprizing more of us don't spend time on the river.  I'm still amazed that I saw absolutly no one in all that beauty.  Well, logistically it's not the easiest.