The Owyhee River

Our first adventure in the USA was to head to the Owyhee River in South East Oregon. We started the journey 2 days after arriving in the country with a massive 8 hour drive to the put in. As you can see from the photo below it was all plain sailing through the night...

The crew: Chris, Shaun, Emma, Jacqui, Richard and Jeff at the start of the run.

It took us 4 and a half days to do the trip at a pretty leisurely pace. The following two pictures are from our first camp site - in an awsome cave. It provided shelter from the weather and a good place to have a few drinks at the end of the day.



The river was mostly grade 3 whitewater with a few grade 4 rapids and a grade 5 rapid to keep things interesting.

Shaun and Chris scouting "Widowmaker" (Grade 5)

The entrance to the first canyon. Most of the river flowed below huge canyon walls

Chris paddling towards "the ledge" (grade 4)

Definitely a very good way to start off our time in the states. 4 days on a spectacular river with an awsome crew.