We launched at the "Boater Friendly" launch that was built a few years ago. The logjam this year makes it a bit less friendly.

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This feeder creek flows under Tacoma's water pipeline.

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Passing under the railroad bridge about a mile down.

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Bill comes off "Railroad Bridge Drop"

Bill catches a surf on a wave.

Still surfing as I pass...

Coming off a ledge drop at Kanaskat state park.

The canada goose is still here from last week; it must be nesting on the ledge.

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You can just see the down on the ledge that these geese line their nests with.

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Approaching Franklin bridge and falls.

The river runs quiet and deep in this narrow, steep walled part of the gorge below Franklin.

Bill tries to catch a surf on paradise ledge.

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Looking up a wall in Hanging Gardens state park.

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Lying on my back watching the wall go by...

The Highway 169 bridge is near the end of the trip.