And I would have said the section of the Eel below Eel Rock but above the
low water bridge. Years ago, open canoes, flowing @8,000, we had a head
wind that created white caps, and brought the group to a standstill. One
couple mutinied, in the middle of no where, and it took work to convince
them they had to continue. Never saw them again after the trip, and we
don't go down to the confluence anymore.

Carol

"Bill Tuthill" wrote in message ...
riverman wrote:

The Eel river between Alderpoint and Fort Seward is mostly wide open
with forest on the west bank and oak-dotted grassland on the east bank.
But at one spot the river narrows down with a cliff on each side, only
a dozen meters apart. The Eel is famous for prevailing northwest winds,
and we got to this spot in the afternoon, when upstream winds are at a
maximum. The three rafts on this trip took at least an hour, all rowing
as hard as possible, to make it past this spot.