The Pacific North West

I’ve been hanging around the Pacific North West in the USA for the last month now, and it’s definitely one of the best places to be. Amazing rivers, super nice people and beautiful landscape everywhere, loving this place!

 

We drove down from Vancouver, BC with Ali and right after the border we stopped in Bellingham for some kayaking. I picked up my new Shiva and headed to the Middle Fork of the Nooksack. It was at a good flow and had lots of fun on my first day boating on cold water with Griff and Parker! We also got on the Robe the next day, about an hour drive south, next to Granite Falls. Robe Canyon is one of my favorites without a doubt! Miles of continuos white water with big holes and amazing rapids through a beautiful canyon… hard to bet! Thanks Fred and Brendan! From there we drove south to Hood River, about an hour east from Portland.

 Welcome to the Gorge! Amazing sunset looking at Mt Hood.

We’ve been paddling a bunch here, the Little White Salmon and the Little White are two of the main classics, offering many sections, awesome rapids and lots of hours of boating. Thanks to the great hospitality of the locals here we’ve had many great times on and off the water, and after some cold days this warm weather is making kayaking a pleasure.

Spirit sequence by Evan Garcia – SMH

Another amazing sunset at the Gorge over the Columbia river

 There are so many rivers here… and they are all different and offer sections for all levels…