Here's a few more pics from the rafting trip- I'm still waiting on the rest but here are a few for now!  I'll be posting more pics very soon from a hike I just did this weekend with my roommate too so check back in the next day or so.

Half way up- above me is Mt. Hood beginning to poke above the rim of the canyon.

Here is when we got to the top (looking north- that's Mt. Hood over my shoulder on the horizon).   I checked and we climbed right around 1500 ft in elevation on this hike... it was awesome.  Look how far down the river is!

Here is looking the other way from the same spot (looking south).

Above me, our star, and a very interesting effect in the sky.  Most of you I'm sure have seen those rainbow arcs around the sun (or moon) from condensation/ water vapor in the air, right? Well look close at this one... there are 2; one is a circle and one is elliptical.  They coincide near where the arcs run into my silhouette and spread out on either side of that... weird!!   I noticed it with my naked eye before we took the pics, it's not a camera phenomenon.

These are random...

Have a good one!!!!

Kevin Nail

Check out the pics and read below!

I wanted to share a bit about my weekend.  I went on a rafting trip with my older brother, niece, my dad, and my bro's dog.   We floated down the Deschutes River here in Central Oregon for about 45 miles over the course of 3 days.  We started in Warm Springs and pulled out just south of Maupin.... it was amazing!   

I've never been on a raft before, though I have spent a lot of time on the water.   It was fun and a little scary- those rapids are something else!   We were in my brother's 15 ft. boat with LOTS of stuff so we plowed right through a lot of them.  Every once in a while we'd get a huge wall of water in the face- that water isn't warm this time of year!

The scenery was unbelievable!!  I looked on Google Maps before we left to see what kind of terrain we would be passing through and could tell there was some sort of canyon and otherwise very dry, desert like conditions.    It turned out to be spectacular- each day brought us to a slightly different place.

The one really cool thing was all the wildlife we saw out there- a zillion beautiful birds, wild horses (on the Indian Reservation), and even a coyote! Some parts of that river have no other way to get to them besides floating so it's very remote.   It was great to get away and enjoy doing nothing for a bit!   I'll post more pics as soon as my dad sends me his.

Kevin Nail