Rafting the South Santiam River

Makayla and Papa Dave

While we were camping this last time (the week of Aug 13) we did some rafting (floating) down the S. Santiam River. Makayla wasn't too sure about rapids at first but once Nana convinced her it would be ok she had a blast. She wanted to go again and again! We would raft from camp down to the day use area and walk back up to do it again. We finally got tired of walking back while carrying the boats so we timed it and told whoever we left at camp to wait 15 mins and then come get us. That was much more fun.

On the last day we camped we drove further up the river and did a 2-3hr float back down to camp which was a lot of fun. The whole Porter clan got involved.