White Water Rafting at Chemawa
A RAFTING TRIP
Mv first rafting trip was on the
McKenzie River on May 7th. We left
Chemawa at 9 a.m. and got over there at
11:30. We all helped out and aired up
the rafts. We finally got on the river at
about 11:50.
Then we had water fights. There were
five rafts: a four-man team, two six-man
rafts, and two two-man paddle crafts.
The trip was 15 miles long and took
about 4‘/2 hours. The rapids are fun to
and the water fights are fun too.
We got off the river about 4:15 p.m.
We were cold until we got our dry
clothing on. After we got back to Salem,
we ate pizza at Pietro's.
-J.W .
at first it was sort of scary and then it
started getting fun.
The first big rapid we hit was called
Brown's Hole. It wasn't too bad, but the
second one. Martin's Hole, the largest
rapid in Oregon, was rough. We had
water fights and the water was cold.
Only one fell out of a raft; that was
Sammy Butterfly.