Delta River

Tawna and I took off for a few days on the upper Delta River. An easy float out of it's headwaters at Tangle Lakes down to the Richardson Highway - about 35 miles. The trip starts with a few miles crossing the Tangle Lakes. We spent a night out at the lower Lake. You can see our tent on the right side of the picture, we had the place to ourselves which was wonderful. The blueberries are everywhere but unfortunately we were a week early to indulge.



The second day was an easy float down to a half mile portage around a waterfall. Below that, the river runs through a short canyon with some rocky class 2 rapids.



Much of the water is mellow and when there were no mergansers and chicks to keep her interest, Turtle just kicked back and relaxed. As you'll notice though, not really helping with our general stability.



Lower on the river, she helped my scouting, using her nose to sniff out the right channels.