Eel

We put on at Dos Rios and took out at Alderpoint. The gage was at around 1100-1200 while we were on the river. We found this flow low and friendly but not too shallow for hard shell kayaks. We took 3 days to do the 50 miles, our daily mileage was approx 20/20/10. First day is mostly flat water and we found it to be beautiful, but mildly annoying with a constant headwind. Night 1 we camped on river left where Blue Rock creek enters the river, after this the rivers character changes for a while and there are more consistent rapids and less water perfect camp sites (still good ones to be found). Day 2 was much more interesting with 90% of the rapids being read and run class I-II and the occasional III- rapid. Day 3 was mostly class I with a couple class II rapids but the flat water was less painful than day 1. Overall the river is stunningly beautiful but the headwinds and flat water can get tiresome.