With nice river levels and nice weather (for February), a group of us decided to run the EF Humptulips as an overnighter. We had been planning to do this all winter, and this was the first time it came together. We got an early start and were on the river by noon. We took it slow so the group photographer could get lots of pictures. We arrived at the camp we used in December 2009, and it was not usable this time. The beach was saturated with water, and if we had tried to camp there, we would have sunk into the wet sand and then frozen there in the morning. Luckily, we had more time so it was no problem getting to a lower camp.
There is a rapid that has a big log in it. One person tried to run it and flipped, so the other two of us portaged. On the portage, I broke a thigh strap. Other than that, we had no problems.
We reached our camp in the middle of the afternoon, so we had plenty of time to set up everything and relax. We shared a huge steak and mashed potatoes for dinner, and had a nice campfire. I went to bed early because it was cold and going to get colder.
On a side note, this was my 750th river day since I started. I am hoping to make it to 1000 by the end of June 2014 (my 25th anniversary of whitewater boating).
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