Umatilla

Today we put on higher than we usually do, and we took out lower. Making this run about 10 miles in total. The flow was about 1650cfs. Normally we put in at the fishing access off Mungra road. Today we went up to the bridge on hwy 331, in the small town of Mission. The ‘upper’ was super fun. Lots of great surf, and basically non stop action at these flows. Solid +2, or 3 considering how swift the water is, and the ever changing wood. There was one basalt ledge on this upper section that I snuck on the right. It was a ‘large’ horizon line, once we were below it there is a noticeable tongue that looks runnable on river left, and basically the whole thing was boofable at these flows. Scout or Portage that horizon line on the left, maybe 3/4 mile below put in. Down to the normal put in was more boogie class 2 type stuff, and the in town run is highlighted by ‘taco time falls’ which you can drop just about anywhere. Below our normal takeout at Trailhead Park we continued down to the next road access about 2-3 miles further. The action and wood below the highway/train bridges was a thing to watch for but all good. Generally this sectioned mellowed out a bit, with plenty of eddy hoping to be done. We took out at the bridge on Birch Creek road. All in all the run was fun. The upper 1/3 was the most action, followed by the middle part through town, and finally the lower third was the most chill. Giver a rip!