One of the best days ever.

Do not fail

To learn from

The pure voice of an

Ever-flowing mountain stream

Splashing over the rocks.        - Ueshiba

Our day on the Little North Santiam at 1050 cfs began with the short hike in. A van with racks was unable to provide assistance for “liability reasons” and it would “detract from the wilderness experience”…:)

Dude I think there's a VAN behind us.

She waved and encouraged us to have a nice day. We did. Thanks van lady.

Big Ugly

A Big Ugly raft run down Big Ugly

I would be so much more comfortable in a raft.

The entrance into Big Fluffy

Sikbird and Timber went down that?

Terrifyingly beautiful

Dr. Frankenstein backs into the lab.

Peace

Drops of water fall from the sky as if to acknowledge all that is good.

A spiritual moment

Mike, Dr F, Dustin, and G1 gettin some at Thor's Playroom.

Self contained conveyance.

Rivers allow us to escape from certain realities while enabling the replenishment of goodness within. This became most evident at the Taco Bell in Woodburn when we walked into an episode of COPS. Just 30 feet from our rig, 7 law enforcement vehicles had clustered upon a vehicle with their guns drawn and laser sights honed in. No pictures of this episode. We only wished to keep evidence of positive things on this day. Of course a debriefing was held-

I had always wanted to drop in to this place:) Timbaritas were on special!