The Salmon River has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. Not only is the trip a vacation and place to relax, but it’s also an adventure in the great outdoors like no other. Whether it’s floating the Main, Lower, or Middle Fork, a trip on the salmon is a trip to look forward to for months. On the river there aren’t any distractions of the outside world. Life moves more slowly there, and it’s nice to take a break now and then.
I’ve floated this river a couple times with my family and now with NOLS, and although the trips were set up completely different, the feeling from being on this river in a totally wild place stayed the same. That feeling can only happen in a completely wild place, which is why the Salmon is such a special place for me.
In the future I hope that people are as lucky as I am to float this river, and that more places become completely wild to bring that feeling that only comes with spaces like this.