7/22/2023 - Willamette River, Wheatland Ferry, OR

Time: 3.58 hours

Distance: 10.32 miles

We put into the Willamette River at Wheatland Ferry late in the morning of sunny day. We'd only paddled here once and we'd gone up-river first. This time we started down-river around an island and back up-river. Going around the island took about an hour so we then paddled up-river for about another 90 minutes before turning back. The river was fairly swift in some spots so going up-river was often quite slow and we had four portages but we had a very nice easy ride back. There were quite a lot of people on the shores enjoying the sun but there are very few motor boats on this second of the river because it is so shallow in many places. A very nice paddle.

Lynda preparing to put in.

Lynda paddling down-river early in the trip.

The first of four portages.

The river on the back side of the island we went around.

Lynda looking for rocks as we stopped for portage two.

 The kayaks sitting as we took a short break at portage three.

 Another little break at portage four.

After beers at Central Tap House in Beaverton.