I want to run the middle part as well! What's your put-in/take-out? What's the logjam situation this season? Do you carry a saw on your pontoon boat? And thanks for your kind comment:)

The run in 2023 was 3.5 miles (RM 20.9 to RM 17.4), had 3 portages, and took 2:15 hrs (based on time stamp of footage)

@@bulentguneralp Thank you, Bülent! Glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks, Patrick! We were really lucky having such a sunny day and beautiful colors going through Blossom Bar. No matter what, those pumpkins always cheer me up:)

Thanks for sharing! That's quite a story:) True, for us kayakers, hardshell or soft shell, it's a lot easier than for a loaded gear boat. It was my 2nd time and I had fun playing around rather than just looking for the exit.

Mostly Aire. Mine is a Lynx from the 1990s, the one in the title thumbnail is a Tomcat.

Thanks, for the likes and thanks for the feedback. The Metolius clips are from 4 days with different paddlers. All clips can be watched without pause by going to the Playlist kzbin.info/aero/PL9KifzpsreEjrz2jVG-be6FzL-wh9JRTf&feature=shared

In July we had one or two short portages, none of them really new as in just a few weeks old. The first blockage is several years old and above the Gorge, I think one can even scout from the lower loop of Smiling River CG. Depending on level, type of boat and your mood of the day you either just barrel over it (as I did in 2021), or step out into the water near the left bank and lift the boat over. Takes maybe a minute. The second blockage is from some time this winter. It's two to three minutes below the end of Big Rapid. Also portage on the left, lifting boat over log. Duration maybe two minutes. There are other trees across other parts of the river, but you can either find a way around, or push over, or someone has cut a passage through.

Thank you so much! Your comment means a lot to me! I will post more from this 3-day weekend. In the meantime, you may enjoy some of my 2021 footage from 2021 my first time on the Metolius and fairly new to GoPro editing. (one clip from the Wizard Falls section) kzbin.info/aero/PL9KifzpsreEged53ajDTkU2ZYN4d4gfhj

Thanks for the feedback! Let's see if the name sticks:) Do you know names of other features? -- you seem to be running the stretch more than I've done. For me it was the 3rd time on the upper Metolius, and the 1st time in that left channel (mostly scrambling to find a through, haha)

@@horstlueck I’ve always called that feature the toilet bowl too, but not sure if other folks call it that. The two bigger rapids I’ve just heard called one and two, sometimes “gorge rapids.” I’m really not sure though, good question! I like the shelf alley name though, that is a real good description.

Yes, all the structures are designed to be winterized for flooding. When the Long Tom River exceeds a level of about 10 ft at the Noti Gage for a certain period of time the upstream meadows (parking lot during Fair) get flooded, and it's mainly that water from the parking lot that flows through the Eight, with the fastest current on East 13th (8:46..9:25). You can observe the flood status from driving by on Hwy-126.

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed this year's Fair:)

Yup.

Aire Lynx. I got it in 1998, according to hull number it's a 1995 model. Shape and performance changed over the years.

Seriously Thx. @@horstlueck

Thank you:)

Thanks for sharing!

Indeed! Spring boating is the best:)

Yes, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Umpqua_River