Flows were looking good in mid May, which isn’t always the case on a river as fickle as the Owyhee. Snowpack was good over the winter, and flows were slowly declining to what would be ideal for a trip, 2700 CFS. We packed our bags, hooked up the raft and headed to southeast Oregon for our second trip on the Wild Owyhee.
Our last episode of South to Spring is now live. We visited Anza Borrego (twice) and found lots of wildflowers and took some stunning drives up a few washes to see the stunning geology of Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Thanks for following along on our trip, South to Spring. https://youtu.be/TPWp09I4Pgs
The last day we spent in Anza Borrego was going to be a big one. Although the road system we were on connected to where we were headed for the day, I wasn’t too excited about the one way Diablo Dropoff so we got started on our trip up Fish Creek Wash by heading through Borrego Valley to the Elephant Tree loop trail. The sun felt pretty scorching by 9 am, but it seemed as though the flowers were loving it, and they carpeted the entire wash we followed on our first hike of the day.
