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A group of us went with OutVentures this weekend to raft the middle White Salmon River. It’s near the Oregon-Washington border, a ways east of Portland.

Don, David and I drove down on Friday night after work. We camped at Memaloose State Park in Oregon. We arrived pretty late, but set up camp and sat around the fire for a while before heading to bed. On Saturday, the group got up, ate breakfast and stopped in Hood River for supplies before starting the official outfitting at 1:30.

I’ve been rafting before, but it’s been a while. This river and trip were different than the last one, but it was still a lot of fun. I fell out of the raft in a rapid, but this time I managed to grab onto the rope right after falling in which made it a lot easier to get back in. Our guide also fell out of the raft while going over Husum Falls (a 14 foot waterfall and highlight of the trip), whict was a little unnerving. We all survived though and it was fun. We finished sometime around 5pm. Afterwards, the staff cooked us a tasty steak dinner before we headed back to the campsite to relax.

We drove back to Seattle this morning. It started out about 80F+ and sunny, but ended 60F and rainy. There was also a lot of traffic, first from an accident on I-84 in Oregon then later from Olympia through Tacoma. Still, it was a fun weekend.