It has been fun, in my first year of kayaking, to discover how much river features change at different levels of flow. This is a great thing because it means that you won't get tired of paddling the same ol' river time after time! Adrienne and I paddled the middle section of the White Salmon River in Washington on Sunday. This run is a classic... it has fairly continuous class II-III whitewater flowing through a beautiful gorge. It was much lower than I had run it previously, a little bumpy, but still lots of fun! At the end, you are rewarded with the option of running a 10' waterfall. I have run it 5 of the 6 times I have paddled this stretch of river (I didn't run it once because there was a raft stuck in it!) It is awesome to end the run with an adrenaline rush!
Adrienne running Hussum Falls
Me running Hussum Falls
