Even in the calmer parts of the river, boils of water would surface and make a disturbing splash. Watching my sonar, I saw that there were underwater basalt formations that changed depths instantly from 40 to 25 feet and back again. That is what causes the chaotic boils on the surface.

Even in the calmer parts of the river, boils of water would surface and make a disturbing splash. Watching my sonar, I saw that there were underwater basalt formations that changed depths instantly from 40 to 25 feet and back again. That is what causes the chaotic boils on the surface.

Fortunately, there were metal mooring pegs every 100 feet.

Kind of a remote area to watch your boat float away down stream.

I drifted into this eddy and decided to tie up. Nothing but grass to tie on to and I didn't want to leave the boat tied up only to grass. I hadn't seen another boat all day (and didn't until I got back to Richland).

I decided to shut off the motor and drift back (partly because I was really low on gas). Mule deer, coyotes, etc., would suddenly stand up and watch me drift past at 2-4 knots.

Several miles past the cliffs, the terrain has opened up, but the river starts to get standing waves. This is Coyote Rapids. Ehh.

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Even in the calmer parts of the river, boils of water would surface and make a disturbing splash. Watching my sonar, I saw that there were underwater basalt formations that changed depths instantly from 40 to 25 feet and back again. That is what causes the chaotic boils on the surface.

Marco Flamingo
Apr 23, 2016

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