Granite Lake RV Park is on the banks of the Snake River/Lake backed up by a dam down river.
Heading south (upstream) on the Snake.
In the first section on our trip there were a number of basalt formations.
We continued upstream for a good distance before getting into some rapids and out of the backed up river section.
Beginning to enter the lower canyon section.
The river is still pretty smooth at this point.
Soon we started encountering swift water and rapids.
More rapids.
Most of the way up to this point we had Idaho on our left and Washington on the right, We stopped at Garden Creek (a Nature Conservancy property) for lunch before crossing the state line. Idaho still on the left but now Oregon is on the right.
All along the river there were nice white sand bars until we passed where the Salmon River enters the Snake. The Salmon provides the sand for the sand bars.
After lunch before continuing up river.
Bighorn sheep were all along the river. Some with lambs but the big rams were up in the high country.
More sheep.
The videos provide a sense of traveling on the Snake.
This is in the vicinity of Buckhorn overlook that we went out to a few years back when at Wallowa Lake near Joseph, OR.
Hard to see but this is the Imnaha River joining the Snake. Up river from this is Dug Bar and there is a marker where Chief Joseph led his tribe across the Snake during high spring runoff. He asked the army for more time to move to the reservation but he was told he had to go now. He was able to get all across but lost a number of their livestock.
This was our last stop on the return trip at Cherry Creek falls. Several people got out and took a dip in the falls. Just one kid at first then several adults of varying ages had to try it. I just watched.
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