Winding our way through the little gorges
The weekend after Christmas might seem an odd time for an overnight kayaking trip, but there are places where it can work out just great. The East Fork Humptulips is one of those places. We had a good flow - a little more would have been nice, but I only got stuck a couple of times. The weather during the day was sunny and in the high 30s where we were. The rapids on the first day were mostly class II with a couple that might have been easy class III. We didn't have any problems and there were no portages.
We had a great dinner of pork roast, grilled peppers and onions, and mashed potatoes. We had just enough wood to make a nice campfire for the night and saved some dry wood for the morning.It was a pretty cold night - the weather report said the low in the area was 18, but I stayed plenty warm with my fleece sleeping bag liner in my old Cat's Meow bag. I do think it's time to upgrade to a new down bag.
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