Wed, 08 Jul 2026

Mather Gorge

Not the blue skies I was hoping for, but the clouds kept it a little bit cooler.

And the rain stayed away.

I decided to portage a little bit and got up to Rocky Island — first time in a while I’ve done that.

It was a nice day to be out and I mostly had the river to myself, though I did pass a kayak class at the Maryland chute and a second class in the gorge, below Wet Bottom.

But I had the Maryland and Virginia chutes to myself. And the only others at Rocky were climbers and fishermen. Of course, it was a weekday and just about 3.0.

Oh, and I drifted almost between these two before they thought I was getting too close.

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