Memorial Day weekend and the camping crowds that come with it were on the horizon, but we had a few days before the big weekend hit. So we picked a somewhat local location of the list of places to explore and hit the road north to Elk River. Once we crisscrossed the Elk River Backcountry Byway and found ourselves in the tiny town of Elk River we headed to the trailhead to Elk Creek Falls, just outside of town.
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