Guano wrote:Capn'O wrote:Speaking of kayaking, I took a little boat outing to Willamette Falls with a buddy this weekend.

2nd biggest waterfall by volume in the US (Niagra), located just south of Portland in Oregon City. It's an odd one in that it's surrounded by decrepit and mostly out of use industrial development and hasn't been developed at all for recreation yet so the only access to it is by boat. But it's magnificent in person. Just a massive amount of water, even during the summer dry period. It cannot be approached like this until mid to late summer as wet season currents are too strong.
That water is gorgeous... can you camp that area? Would be dope to pack in gear to spend a day or two in that area.
Sidenote, its supposed to snow here this weekend and I might still try to send the last section of the pct(L). It just depends on the amount of snow. There isnt any really good bail out points which could make it spicy. But I have the gear for snow and think it would be fun af. Just not if it dumps ft. Kinda bummed summer went so fast.
Can you camp in that area?
Well, what's out of the shot but just behind me is industrial wasteland even moreso than what's across the river... so yes, you can camp for as long as you want

There are some awesome islands a couple of miles behind the dam at the falls and I think you can camp on those and it would be a nice experience.
My daughter and I were up that way the day before:

Snow already? Well damn. At what elevation?