Weber

Fun day out! 5-minute drive from the takeout to the put in. An hour float if that. Tons of parking on both ends this time of year. Mid-May is PRE-tubing season which was awesome. Water temp around upper 48°. Air temp around 70°. One other boat on the water we saw. Stay left for the low bridge portage, very short walk. This section was full of thrilling and fun for beginner kayakers. We had 4 packrafts and one double ducky. The rock garden section was not hard. Just fun at 644cfs. Engaging flows all the way down to Taggarts. The last rapid before the pullout caught us off guard and flipped 3 out of the 6 of us. Really really fun in a packraft. Stay left to make it easy. Stay right to make it harder. Wood branch on the right right after the rock drop off could cause and issue. Stay center or only just right of center to avoid the tree on the right, or all the way left for easy-safest line. Make sure you keep your boat going pointed straight down to avoid a flip. At this flow, the runout was easy to swim/self rescue. Great practice and shallow enought to stand up without many hazards felt below but still beware and try not to stand up here to avoid entrapment. We walked the rapid two more times and had a really great time.