travel blog

Ohh my gosh, what a ride!!  We went 104 miles (52 upstream, 52 downstream) until we came to rapids too rough to travel by jet boat.  Our pilot was really talented.  Saw bald eagles literally overhead criss-crossing the river near their nest.  Lots of other birds as well.  But the real story was the ride!!  We did spins, we narrowly missed BIG rocks (at least it seemed that way) and we had a HE__ of a good time.  Stopped about 30 miles upstream for lunch at Agness, a VERY small community.  In the dining area were signed pictures of Ted Williams with Bobby Guerr (sp) a second baseman, hall of famer who played with Williams for the Red Socks and who lives just a few miles from Agness.  Zane Gray lived in the same area and wrote many of his books here.  Many tourists travel to the area to float the rapids.  We were in class 3 rapids and had to stop where class 4 begins.

 We got back to the RV camp about 3:30, hooked up and went upriver about 15 miles to the Siskiyou campground—where we found a bit of paradise.  Before we settled in for the night 4 black-tailed deer casually toured our rigs for hand outs.