TL;DR
The Salmon River Whitewater Rafting: It blog highlights the excitement and adventure of rafting on the Salmon River, showcasing its thrilling rapids and scenic beauty. With a focus on the dynamic experience of navigating this iconic river, it offers insights into what makes the Salmon River a top destination for whitewater enthusiasts.
The souls on board included my Sister and Brother-In-Law and their two boys. I was the shuttle driver and was lucky enough to have a co-pilot: my 7 month old nephew! As the boat left the water, baby and I headed down the road for our first stop to have some sweet potatoes riverside (not me of course, I had a sandwich) and wave as the raft went by. Only, we must have gotten busy eating sweet potatoes and giggling, because we didn’t see the raft pass by. The Salmon River was flowing at a pretty good speed, it was late June and probably hitting the 13,000 cfs mark. I misjudged how quickly they were traveling. I loaded baby up and headed down the road to wait at the bridge to get some photos of the whitewater there. But, I never saw them. I was puzzled. Were they really going that fast, or was I just really slow?
Soon enough it was apparent that I was just really slow! I had missed the upper section of their rafting trip by a long shot, so I headed into Riggins and met the raft at the city park. We laughed for awhile and then made a plan for me to get at least a couple photos. I headed down to time zone bridge, hopped out of the car, had baby in a carrier, Canon Rebel TDI in hand and found a great view of timezone rapid. There, I was finally able to get some great photos and boy was I glad I did. Here are some of my favorites from the day:
We had a great day, in fact, I can’t think of a better way to pass the time with friends and family then a Salmon River Whitewater Rafting trip!
See you on the river…
