Kitchen Creek (Take 2)

Ran Kitchen for the second time today.

“Why’s it called Kitchen?” “It’s next to Cook.”

A handful of slides and drops in a secret slot in the Gorge. Wildflowers, wild doggies, wild canyoneers.

My toes went numb within an hour and stayed that way until the exit. Cold water and slick rocks impede bipedalism. Need to leave the 5.10 Eddy watershoes in the gear closet until things warm up. Low elevation snow was visible on the Oregon side of the river. It’s all sunshine and rainbows in the Colombia River Gorge.