OUR FAMILY TOOK A VACATION TO OUR OLD STOMPING GROUNDS BY THE KLAMATH RIVER. WE SHOWED OUR SON THE AREAS WE SURVEYED FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES. TRINITY RIVER IS ONE OF THE LONGEST TRIBUTARIES TO THE KLAMATH RIVER. IT IS A LEVEL FOUR KAYAKING RIVER THAT WE WILL NEVER GO ON AGAIN. IT IS ABOUT 100 MILES IN LENGTH. IT DRAINS THE COASTAL RANGES AND THE SOUTHERN KLAMATH MOUNTAINS. IT IS VERY SCENIC AND FLOWS SWIFTLY THROUGH TIGHT CANYONS. IT FLOWS ALONG THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE TRINITY ALPS.
THIS RIVER AS WELL AS THE KLAMATH HAS BEEN MINED FOR GOLD BY PLACER OR BASIN BOWLS, AS WELL AS LARGE SCALE HYDRAULIC MINING SINCE THE1850'S . IT IS POPULAR FOR WHITE WATER.. IT HAS SALMON AND TROUT HATCHERIES. IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT RIVER TO KAYAK IN. ALL THREE OF US DECIDED TO TAKE INFLATABLE KAYAKS DOWN THE RIVER ABOUT 4 MILES. MY SON GOT DUNKED IN THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES. THEN MY HUSBAND GOT DUNKED, AND THEN I DID AND I LOST MY FLOPPY HAT. LUCKILY WE HAD HELMETS ON. WE HAD A ROUGH TIME ON THAT RIVER AND IT TOOK MUCH LONGER THAN THEY SAID IT WOULD. WE WERE COLD , WET AND GLAD TO HAVE THE ENERGY TO CARRY OUT OUR KAYAKS, BACK TO THE STARTING POINT IN OUR SUV. LUCKILY I CARRIED MY KAYAK ON THE RIVER BANK INSTEAD ON RISKING SOME OF THE RAPIDS. APPARENTLY THE LOWER RIVER OFFERS SOME EASIER FAMILY FLOATS AND SWIMMING SECTIONS.
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