Deschutes Rafting Adventure!!

Last Saturday we had the opportunity to go back to Maupin and raft the Deschutes River with Justin, Caraston and a few other friends. We were all really excited to get out on the raft and attach the rapids! We left Happy Valley around 7:30am and headed out to Maupin. By the time we got there the sky was bright blue and no clouds to be seen. We met up with the other half of the group and after situating the cars at the top and bottom of the river we were ready to hit the river around 11am.


During some of the slow parts on the river we were able to get out of the raft and jump into the water. We had such nice weather while we were out and the water felt so good and cooled us off.

This is Justin mid back flip jumping off the raft to cool off! (Complements to Chase who got the action shot with the disposable camera haha)



We were able to stop mid way through the trip and have some lunch. The spread we had was so good! It was a perfect break to refuel us and prepare us for what was to come next!




After hitting a few rapids,lunch, and some swimming breaks we got out of the raft to check out Oak Springs. This was the biggest fall/rapid of the trip and the picture doesn't do it justice. While we were watching other rafts attempt it, we only saw a couple that did not lose anybody out of the raft. I don't know if it was the best idea to see the other people go before us because it caused some uneasiness within our group haha!

Here is our group as we hit Oak Springs! As you can tell we all have different emotions going through our heads!

After this moment we lost a couple people and had to recover their bodies out of the water! Luckily no one was really hurt other than a bruised elbow. The next photo is in the heat of the moment when everyone was getting back in the boat.

Then after we realized that everyone was ok, we were able to relax and compose ourselves and laugh at what had just happened. All of us had different stories of what they though happened, but all we wanted to do was go through it one more time!

We also took some time to hike to some natural slides. Here is Justin just about to go under the water. Nate our guide was so funny and wanted to make sure he did the slides and the waves at least 5 times before we left!

We had such a great time and definitely want to make a trip every summer! This is a photo of our group when we were all done around 5pm. The trip was a whole day adventure and so much fun! As Nate said the tradition is to stop at DQ and get a Blizzy in Rhody, so of course that is what we did and it was a perfect ending to our trip!