Snake River Adventure Boat Trip

We departed Lewiston Idaho's Hells Canyon marina, south down the Snake River at 8:00 a.m. The day was clear and would rise into the high 90's and may have topped 100 in the upper canyon. The first thing that caught my wife's attention was that the seats were wet, and I know we would be wet before the day was over. We passed by Asotin Wa. and the Boaters camped on the sandy banks were starting move about and enjoy a great day on the river.
Just about the time we started to get a little warm, we came on a stretch of white water, and the captain showed us why the seats were wet. The first wave came over the right side, right into my lap, and with a quick turn the second wave came over the left side, so we all got a little wet. To be fair we were told to put our cameras into something waterproof and it was a class 4 rapid and we were down river 50 miles.

The photo is of a tame stretch of white water, that we could have are cameras out, in the big rapids the dips where over six foot high.

The trip is over 200 miles and takes over ten hours with stops for food and to see some of the sites, or just play , like taking a 25 ft. jump from the rocks in to the river. Below are photos from alone the trip.

Camping on the river.

View down river

Mountain Goats

More Mountain Goats by the river. The goats were about ten miles apart.

More white water

Three Bald Eagles, Dad on the right Mom in the center and baby on the left, baby is all brown and is sitting on the left just below mom.

End of the road. Hells Canyon Dam. You can drive into the dam from the south.

Parking lot at the dam

Going home looking north back down the Snake River

The wet part of the trip was on the way back down river. This was a very fun day and the history of the river is never ending. dougo