Absolutely gorgeous bluebird KAVU day, and far past time to get on the water up here in Washington. I'd be busy with school, and moving, and getting situated and hadn't been in my boat in 6 weeks (6 weeks!!!). Water levels were low, but the Sky (an hour outside of Seattle, class III-IV+) was in. I just headed out there in hopes of meeting up with people. And I did! Met two super cool guys at the put in, boated with them, and ended up padding in a group of maybe 20 paddlers, including James who started ProfessorPaddle, and Christian Knight, a pro boater with ACA. Let me just say that this kind of scenario would probably never have occured in the mid atlantic, at least not without me reciting my "paddling resume" and dropping names. It was totally chill and friendly people were just out to have a good time.
Anyway, the river. Awesome! UN BE LIEV A BLE scenery. Put in under Mt Index, with jagged views of the Cascades around every turn in the river. Turquoise crystal clear water with 2 foot salmon swimming upstream to spawn! Grey granite boulders in the riverbed, honestly this place was a hybrid between the northwest and Cali. Stunning. Great whitewater too - I felt like it was the Lower Yough, but with an upper yough drop (Boulder Drop) in the middle. Boulder Drop felt like Bastard lite, or something. Good clean fun. I felt a little out of sorts due to the time out of my boat, but just stoked to be paddling.
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