John Day, N. Fork

We arrived at the Camas creek put in on 5/22/2020 with 10k on the Monument gauge, a day after the big flood where it had hit 20k in only a matter of hours. Our party consisted of all experienced river runners and their kids in a raft and drift boat. The river was pushy and bank full at 10k and while there were eddies, it appeared difficult to stop safely at the upper camps - especially with a fully loaded drift boat. We decided to wait it out one day and found roadside camping that had not previously flooded just up stream from Surprise rapid. When we put on the next day, it had dropped to 7500 on the Monument gauge and was a much more comfortable level however still was pushy and challenging to land the drift boat at camps. Surprise was runnable on the far right at 10k but not at 7500. The rest of the rapids were great fun with big waves. The takeout boat ramp is tight for a lot of people especially at high water and folks were lined up holding on to bushes waiting for the ramp to clear.