This was going on. I got completely soaked being at the front of the canoe. No wonder I always try to sneak myself into the back seat. There was some pretty slick rapids out and the element of danger was taken away by the high level of water (no rocks to bang into). The banks everywhere are eroding away where the water has ripped into the land. Tons of river rats and beavers were out, even a big old great blue heron was flying around. We even found an old plains bison skeleton in the bank, characterized by a very high blade on the lumbar vertebrae where the buffalo have that large hump.
Brett and I were lucky enough to run into some guys loading up their canoe. We convinced them to give us a ride back to the canoe after we dropped it off at the starting bridge so we did not have to end up walking back. Good guys just out to have fun. A few high school kids were our audience for one set of rapids. They had set some lawn chairs out and were slamming back a couple barley sandwiches at a particularly treacherous stretch of fun.
The river should be high for another month at least so get on out there and enjoy it while you can!
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